Minuscule 174
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 1052 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Vatican Library |
| Size | 24.6 cm by 19 cm |
| Type | Caesarean text-type |
| Category | none |
| Note | member of ƒ13 |
Minuscule 174 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum 174 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε109 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts.[1] It is dated by a colophon to the year 1052 CE.[2]
Description
The manuscript is a codex (the precursor to the modern book format), containing the text of the four Gospels on 132 thick parchment leaves (size 24.6 cm by 19 cm),[2] with three gaps (Matthew 1:1-2:1; John 1:1-27; 8:47-21:25).[3] The text is written in two columns, 30 lines per page (text-block size 18.2 cm by 6.5 cm),[2] in brown-red ink, with the capital letters in red.[3] It has marginal notes.
The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given in the margin, and their titles (τιτλοι / titloi) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons written below Ammonian Section numbers (an early system of dividing the four Gospels into different sections).[3]
It contains tables of contents (also known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia) before each Gospel, lectionary markings in the margin for liturgical use, and subscriptions at the end of each of Gospel. The subscriptions contain the numbers of phrases (ρηματα / rhemata) and numbers of lines (στιχοι / stichoi).[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex has been considered a representative of the Caesarean text-type. The text-types are groups of different New Testament manuscripts which share specific or generally related readings, which then differ from each other group, and thus the conflicting readings can separate out the groups. These are then used to determine the original text as published; there are three main groups with names: Alexandrian, Western, and Byzantine.[4] The Caesarean text-type however (initially identified by biblical scholar Burnett Hillman Streeter) has been contested by several text-critics, such as Kurt and Barbara Aland.[5]: 55–56 The manuscript is a member of textual Family 13, also known as the Ferrar Group/Family. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category among his New Testament manuscript text classification system.[5]: 129, 138
According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis method of textual data), it represents textual group Λ in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[6]
History
The manuscript was written by the monk Constantine "tabernis habitante" (living in a tavern), "cum praessent praefecturae Georgilas dux Calabriae" (when Georgilas, Duke of Calabria, presided over the prefectures).[3][7] The codex, together with 173, 175, 176, and 177, was brought from the Library of the Basilian monks.[7]
It was examined by textual scholars Giuseppe Bianchini, Andreas Birch (about 1782), Johan M. A. Scholz, James Rendel Harris, and William Hugh Ferrar. Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1886.[3] It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 2002), at Rome.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 54.
- ^ a b c d Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments [A Concise List of the Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 57. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c d e f Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual Criticism of the New Testament]. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 162.
- ^ Metzger, Bruce Manning; Ehrman, Bart Denton (2005). The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 205–230. ISBN 0-19-516667-1.
- ^ a b Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 56. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 216.
Further reading
- James Rendel Harris, On the Origin of the Ferrar Group, (Cambridge, 1893).
- William Hugh Ferrar, A Collation of Four Important Manuscripts of the Gospels, ed. T. K. Abbott, (Dublin:Macmillan, 1877). Internet Archive
- Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1913.
- Kirsopp & Silva Lake. Family 13 (The Ferrar Group): The Text According to Mark, Studies and Documents 11, 1941.
- Jacob Geerlings, Family 13 – The Ferrar Group: The Text According to Matthew, Studies and Documents 19, 1961.
- Ibid for Luke, Studies and Documents 20, 1961.
- Ibid for John, Studies and Documents 21, 1962.
External links
- Minuscule 174 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism