Minuscule 233 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 173 (
Soden),
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, on parchment and paper.
Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", '' Walter de Gruyter'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 61.]
Description
The codex contains the text of the four
Gospels, on 279 parchment leaves (size ), with some
lacunae.
[ It is written partly on parchment, partly on paper, in two columns per page, 37 lines per page.][ The leaves are arranged in octavo. It has some additional material (life of saints).
It contains a commentary, in ]catena
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Science
* ''Catena'' (fly), a genus in the family Tachinidae
*Catena (linguistics) is a unit of syntax and morphology, closely associated with dependency grammars
* Catena (computing), nu ...
quotations of Church Fathers
The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity. The historical per ...
, Prolegomena to the four Gospels, the Eusebian tables, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, numbers of , and numbers of to the first two Gospels.[
]
Text
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.
It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.
History
The manuscript once belonged to Matthew Dandolo, a Venetian noble.[
It was described by Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer, who collated it about 1783 for Andreas Birch (Esc. 12).][ F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 165.]
It is currently housed at the Escurial
Escurial is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin) ...
(Cod. Escurialensis, Y. II. 8).[
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
* Textual criticism
References
Further reading
* Emmanuel Miller
''Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial''
(Paris 1848), p. 274-275.
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Greek New Testament minuscules
13th-century biblical manuscripts