Minuscule 89
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Minuscule 89 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 184 (Soden), known as Codex Gottingensis, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Dated by a Colophon to the year 1289 or 1290.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 173 leaves (size ). Written in one column per page, 30 lines per page (size of text ).[1] It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Matthew 359, Mark 241 - 16:20, Luke 342, John 239), Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, and incipits.
It contains a large number of corrections,[2] and some unique textual variants.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4] It belongs to the textual family Family Kx.[5]
History
According to the colophon, tt was written by scribe Christophorus in 1289 or 1290.[1] Formerly date of writing was deciphered as 1006 (Scrivener, Gregory).
In 1728 the manuscript was presented by Damianos from Sinope to Jena.[3] It was collated by A. G. Gehl in 1739, and by Matthaei.[2]
It is currently housed in at the Göttingen State and University Library (Ms. II. A.7), at Göttingen.[1]
See also
References
- 1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 51.
- 2. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (George Bell & Sons: London 1894), vol. 1, p. 206.
- 3. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 149.
- 4. Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 138.
- 5. F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 54.
Further reading
- C. F. Matthaei, "Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine" (Riga, 1782).
