Minuscule 73 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 260 (
von Soden),
is a
Greek
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minuscule
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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, on parchment leaves.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", '']Walter de Gruyter
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History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 50. The manuscript has complex contents with full
marginalia
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Biblical manuscripts
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.
Description
The codex contains complete text of the four
Gospel
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s on 291 leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.
[
The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles'') at the top of the pages, but this system is not complete. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (Matthew 341, Mark not complete, Luke 349, John 229 – 21:17), with references to the ]Eusebian Canons
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(written below Ammonian Section numbers).[
It contains the Eusebian tables, the tables of the (''tables of contents'') are placed before every Gospel, few lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and pictures.]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type
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. Hermann von Soden
Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist.
Life
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...
classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method
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it represents Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 it has mixed text.[
In ]John
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* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
8:8 the codex has unique textual addition: (''sins of every one of them''). This textual variant have Codex Nanianus
Uncial 030, designated by siglum U or 030 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 90 ( von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament on parchment, dated palaeographically to the 9th century. The manuscript has complex contents, wit ...
, 95, 331, 364, 413, 658, 700
The denomination 700 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Avar and Slavic tribes conq ...
, 782, 1592 and some Armenian manuscripts. 652 has this variant on the margin added by a later hand. Minuscule 264 has this textual variant in John 8:6.
History
It is marked ''Ex dono Mauri Cordati Principis Hungaro-Walachiae'', Anno 1724.[
The manuscript came from Constantinople to England about 1724 and belonged to archbishop of Canterbury, ]William Wake
William Wake (26 January 165724 January 1737) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 until his death in 1737.
Life
Wake was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He took ...
(1657–1737), along with minuscule manuscripts 74, 506- 520. Wake presented it to Christ Church, Oxford
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. In 1732 John Walker slightly collated it for Bentley
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.
It was examined by G. W. Kitchin. C. R. Gregory
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saw it in 1883.[
It is currently housed in at ]Christ Church, Oxford
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(Wake 26), at Oxford
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.[
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See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
The list of New Testament Minuscules ordered by Gregory-Aland index number is divided into three sections:
* List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (1001–2000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (2001– ...
* Biblical manuscript
* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
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Greek New Testament minuscules
12th-century biblical manuscripts