Minuscule 2268 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 2058 (
Soden's numbering), is a Greek
minuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
manuscript of the
New Testament.
Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Only one leaf of the codex has survived.
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 177. ]
Description
The codex contains a small part of the
Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of Mark), or simply Mark (which is also its most common form of abbreviation). is the second of the four canonical gospels and of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist to h ...
1:1-14 on 1 parchment leaf (23.4 cm by 16.7 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page (15.3 by 12 cm).
The titles written in red ink, the initial letters in gold. The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin, with references to the
Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers). It contains pictures (portraits of the four Evangelist).
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...
the Greek text of the codex did not place it in any
Category.
It was not examined by the
Claremont Profile Method.
History
The codex now is located in the
Kenneth Willis Clark Collection The Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University contains over one hundred manuscripts — in both roll and codex form — dating from the 9th to the 17th century. Th ...
of the
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
(Gk MS 4) at
Durham.
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See also
* List of New Testament minuscules (2001–)
A New Testament minuscule is a copy of a portion of the New Testament written in a small, cursive Greek script (developed from Uncial).Eberhard Nestle, Erwin Nestle, Barbara Aland and Kurt Aland (eds), '' Novum Testamentum Graece'', 27th edition, ...
* Textual criticism
References
External links
Minuscule 2268 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts
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Greek New Testament minuscules
13th-century biblical manuscripts
Duke University Libraries