Minuscule 2757 (in the
Gregory-Aland 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, written on 266 parchment leaves (26.5 cm by 18.7 cm).
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century (or 13th).
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 208. ]
Description
The codex contains the complete text of the four
Gospels. The text is written in one column per page, in 26-27 lines per page.
[ The titles are written in semi-uncials or uncials, and mostly in red (faded). Zeta formed like the rounded number 3. Title in Mark is written red semi-uncial letters, in rest of the Gospels in red uncial letters. It contains the Ammonian Sections, a references to the Eusebian Canons, ]synaxarion
Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; el, Συναξάριον, from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of ''synaxis'' and ''synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; cop, ⲥⲩⲛⲁ ...
, and menologion
Menologium (), also written menology, and menologe, is a service-book used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite.
From its derivation from Greek , ''menológion'', from μήν ''m ...
. It used the nomina sacra written in an abbreviated form.
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 in any Category.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it has Mix/Kmix/Kx.
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 38) at Durham.[
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* Biblical manuscripts
* Textual criticism
References
Further reading
* Clark Kenneth Willis, "Greek New Testament Manuscripts in Duke University Library", Library Notes, no. 27 (April 1953), pp. 6-7.
External links
Minuscule 2757 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts
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Greek New Testament minuscules
12th-century biblical manuscripts
Duke University Libraries