Family Kr
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Family Kr is a large group of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

 manuscripts. It belongs to the Byzantine text-type
Byzantine text-type
The Byzantine text-type is one of several text-types used in textual criticism to describe the textual character of Greek New Testament manuscripts. It is the form found in the largest number of surviving manuscripts, though not in the oldest...

 as one of the textual families of this group. It has no uncials, no early minuscules, it has only hundreds of minuscules.

Description

The group was discovered by Hermann von Soden and designated by him with symbol Kr. According to Soden, the group is the result of an early 12th century attempt to create a unified New Testament text; the copying was controlled and the accuracy in unequalled in the history of the transmission of the New Testament text. Text Kr gained in popularity and became the most copied Greek text of the late Middle Ages. On the basis of the present location of most of the members of the group, it appears to have originated in the area of Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

 or Mount Athos
Mount Athos
Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...

. Majority of manuscript can be recognized by the distinctive marginal lectionary equipment which are different from the traditional Eusebian Canons. Von Soden used this markings to identify Kr members. The text of the group is also distinct and easy to identifying.

One characteristic of these manuscripts is that the story of Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (John 7:53-8:11) is marked with obeli
Obelus
An obelus is a symbol consisting of a short horizontal line with a dot above and below. It is mainly used to represent the mathematical operation of division. It is therefore commonly referred to as the division sign.- History :The word "obelus" comes from the Greek word for a sharpened stick,...

. Maurice Robinson argues that these marks do not represent a textual judgment, but are intended as a reminder that these verses are to be omitted when reading the Gospel for Pentecost
Pentecost
Pentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of Ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection of Jesus...

, (John 7:37-8:12).

David O. Voss confirmed distinctiveness of the Kr group. He enumerated some readings typical for this group.

Wisse's group readings in Luke 1, 10, and 20

The word before the bracket is the reading of the UBS edition; the readings which are not bold are those of the Textus Receptus.
Luke 1:44 — εν αγαλλιασει το βρεφος ] το βρεφος εν αγαλλιασει
Luke 1:55 — εις τον αιωνα ] εως αιωνος
Luke 1:63 — εστι(ν) ] εσται
Luke 10:4 — μη ] μηδε
Luke 10:12 — λεγω ] + δε
Luke 10:36 — πλησιον δοκει σοι ] δοκει σοι πλησιον
Luke 10:39 — τον λογον ] των λογων
Luke 10:41 — ειπεν αυτη ο κυριος (or Ιησους) ] ο κυριος ειπεν αυτη
Luke 20:1 — αρχιερεις ] ιερεις
Luke 20:5 — δια τι ] + ουν
Luke 20:9 — τις ] οmit
Luke 20:15 — αυτον ] οmit
Luke 20:19 — τον λαον ] οmit
Luke 20:28 — Μωυσης ] Μωσης
Luke 20:31 — επτα ] + και
Luke 20:34 — γαμιζονται ] εγκαμιζονται (ΤR reads: εγκαμισκονται)
Luke 20:37 — Μωυσης ] Μωσης.

Members of the family

Wisse enumerated 221 manuscripts of this family:
18
Minuscule 18
Minuscule 18 , δ 411 . It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament. According to the colophon it was written in the year 1364 CE. The manuscript has complex contents. It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 35
Minuscule 35
Minuscule 35 , δ309 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on 328 parchment leaves . Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents, marginalia, and many corrections.- Description :The codex contains the entire New Testament...

, 47
Minuscule 47
Minuscule 47 , ε 515 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. It has complex contents and some marginalia....

, 55
Minuscule 55
Minuscule 55 , ε 349 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents and some marginalia...

, 56
Minuscule 56
Minuscule 56 , ε 517 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript has complex contents. It has complex contents and some marginalia.- Description :The codex contains complete text of the four...

, 58
Minuscule 58
Minuscule 58 , ε 518 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.The manuscript has complex contents. It has marginalia....

, 66
Minuscule 66
Minuscule 66 , ε 519 , known as Codex Galei Londinensis, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.- Description :...

, 83
Minuscule 83
Minuscule 83 , ε 1218 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. It was adapted for liturgical use. It has marginalia....

, 128
Minuscule 128
Minuscule 128 , ε 304 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 141
Minuscule 141
Minuscule 141 , δ 408 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents...

, 147
Minuscule 147
Minuscule 147 , ε 401 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Birch and Scrivener dated to the 11th century, Gregory dated to the 14th century.- Description :The codex contains a complete text of the...

, 155
Minuscule 155
Minuscule 155 , ε 403 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 167
Minuscule 167
Minuscule 167 , ε 305 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has marginalia.-Description:...

, 170
Minuscule 170
Minuscule 170 , ε 307 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 182
Minuscule 182
Minuscule 182 , ε 409 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. Scrivener dated it to the 12th century.It has marginalia....

, 189
Minuscule 189
Minuscule 189 , α 269 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 201
Minuscule 201
Minuscule 201 , δ 403 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 204
Minuscule 204
Minuscule 204 , δ 357 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.- Description :...

, 214
Minuscule 214
Minuscule 214 , ε 1401 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 246
Minuscule 246
Minuscule 246 , ε 460 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.- Description :...

, 285
Minuscule 285
Minuscule 285 , ε 527 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 290
Minuscule 290
Minuscule 290 , ε 512 , is a Greek minuscule paper manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographic analysis it has assigned it to the 14th century.It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 361
Minuscule 361
Minuscule 361 , ε 316 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.It was adapted for liturgical use....

, 363
Minuscule 363
Minuscule 363 , δ 455 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.It was adapted for liturgical use.- Description :...

, 386
Minuscule 386
Minuscule 386 , δ 401 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.It has complex context and some marginalia.- Description :...

, 387
Minuscule 387
Minuscule 387 , ε 205 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 394
Minuscule 394
Minuscule 394 , δ 460 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Dated by a colophon to the year 1330.It was adapted for liturgical use.- Description :...

, 402
Minuscule 402
Minuscule 402 , ε 428 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.It has marginalia.- Description :...

, 479
Minuscule 479
Minuscule 479 , δ 2491 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 542. It was adapted for liturgical use...

, 480
Minuscule 480
Minuscule 480 , δ 462 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1366. The manuscript is lacunose....

, 483
Minuscule 483
Minuscule 483 , ε 376 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1285 .Scrivener labelled it by number 543...

 (Luke corrector), 510
Minuscule 510
Minuscule 510 , 496 , ε 259 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Marginalia are incomplete...

, 511
Minuscule 511
Minuscule 511 , ε 342 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 497. The manuscript is lacunose, marginalia are complete...

, 512
Minuscule 512
Minuscule 512 , ε 441 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century....

, 516
Minuscule 516
Minuscule 516 , ε 144 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.Scrivener labelled it by number 502...

, 521
Minuscule 521
Minuscule 521 , ε 443 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1321 or 1322....

, 547
Minuscule 547
Minuscule 547 , δ 157 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment...

, 553
Minuscule 553
Minuscule 553 , ε 331 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.Scrivener labelled it by number 540....

, 558
Minuscule 558
Minuscule 558 , ε 275 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.Scrivener labelled it by number 525....

, 575
Minuscule 575
Minuscule 575 , ε 352 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. It was labeled by Scrivener as 477....

, 586
Minuscule 586
Minuscule 586 , ε 417 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose. It was labeled by Scrivener as 455....

, 588
Minuscule 588
Minuscule 588 , ε 229 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1321. The manuscript is lacunose...

, 594
Minuscule 594
Minuscule 594 , ε 1402 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose. It was labelled by Scrivener as 470....

, 645
Minuscule 645
Minuscule 645 , ε 434 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1304 . The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener labelled it by 591e....

, 660
Minuscule 660
Minuscule 660 , ε 178 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript is lacunose...

, 664
Minuscule 664
Minuscule 664 , δ 502 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the Old Testament and New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Gregory labelled it by 664e, 253a, 303p, and 106r...

, 673
Minuscule 673
Minuscule 673 , ε 1391 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript is very lacunose...

, 685
Minuscule 685
Minuscule 685 ε 339 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on a parchment. It is dated palaeographically to the 13th century. Scrivener labelled it by 1147e.- Description :...

, 689
Minuscule 689
Minuscule 689 , ε326 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener labelled it by 593e.- Description :The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 313 parchment...

, 691
Minuscule 691
Minuscule 691 , ε1387 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener labelled it by 595e.- Description :The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 275 parchment...

, 694
Minuscule 694
Minuscule 694 , ε502 , is a Greek–Latin diglot minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener labelled it by 598e.- Description :The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 208...

, 696
Minuscule 696
Minuscule 696 , ε328 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose. Scrivener labelled it by 600e....

, 757
Minuscule 757 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 757 , δ304 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has no complex contents...

, 758
Minuscule 758 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 758 , ε474 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener labelled it as 847e.- Description :The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 301...

, 763
Minuscule 763 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 763 , ε539 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener labelled it as 854e.- Description :The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 324...

, 769
Minuscule 769 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 769 , ε540 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Scrivener labelled it as 861e.- Description :The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 253 paper...

, 781
Minuscule 781 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 781 , ε354 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.- Description :...

, 786
Minuscule 786 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 786 , ε536 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century...

, 789
Minuscule 789 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 789 , ε396 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.- Description :...

, 797
Minuscule 797 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 797 , ε535 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents.- Description :...

, 802
Minuscule 802 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 802 , ε470 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents, only 24 leaves have survived.- Description :The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke , on 24...

, 806
Minuscule 806 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 806 , ε3036 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century...

, 824
Minuscule 824 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 824 , δ404 , is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper.- Description :The codex contains the entire New Testament, on 366 paper leaves...

, 825
Minuscule 825 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 825 , ε308 , is a 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment.- Description :The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 337 parchment leaves...

, 845
Minuscule 845 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 845 , ε412 , is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has complex context.- Description :...

, 867
Minuscule 867 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 867 , ε400 , is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has no complex context, and some marginalia.- Description :...

, 897, 928, 932, 938, 940, 952, 953, 955, 959, 960, 962, 966, 973, 975, 1003, 1020, 1023, 1025, 1030, 1046, 1059, 1062, 1072, 1075, 1082, 1092, 1095, 1111, 1116, 1145, 1156, 1147, 1158, 1165, 1169, 1176, 1185, 1189, 1190, 1199, 1224, 1234, 1236, 1247, 1250, 1251, 1276, 1323, 1328, 1329, 1334, 1339, 1348, 1389, 1400, 1401, 1409, 1435, 1445, 1453, 1461, 1462, 1471, 1476, 1480, 1482, 1487, 1488, 1489, 1492, 1493, 1496, 1499, 1501, 1503, 1508, 1517, 1543, 1544, 1548, 1551, 1552, 1559, 1560, 1572, 1576, 1584, 1596, 1599, 1600, 1601, 1614, 1617, 1619, 1621, 1622, 1625, 1628, 1633, 1634, 1636, 1637, 1638, 1648, 1649, 1650, 1656, 1658, 1659, 1664, 1667, 1686, 1694, 1698, 1699, 1703, 1713, 1813, 2122, 2135, 2204, 2221, 2260, 2261, 2273, 2284, 2296, 3222, 2323, 2355, 2364, 2367, 2370, 2382, 2399, 2407, 2452, 2454, 2460
Minuscule 2460
Minuscule 2460 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 205 parchment leaves . It is dated paleografically to the 12th century.- Description :...

, 2466, 2483, 2496, 2503, 2520, 2554, 2621, 2635, 2673, 2689, 2692, 2709, 2765, 2767.

See also

  • Family E
    Family E
    Family E is a textual group of the New Testament manuscripts. It belongs to the Byzantine text-type as one of its textual families, it is one of the primary early families of the Byzantine text-type...

  • Family Π
  • Family K1
    Family K1
    Family K1 is a small group of the New Testament manuscripts. It belongs to the Byzantine text-type as one of the textual families of this group. It has five uncials, and several early minuscules. It is one of the smallest subfamilies of the Byzantine text-type, but one of the oldest.- Description...

  • Family Kx
    Family Kx
    Family Kx is a large group of the New Testament manuscripts. It belongs to the Byzantine text-type as one of the textual families of this group. It includes uncials, and although hundreds of minuscules, no early ones.- Description :...

  • Family 1424
    Family 1424
    Family 1424 is a group of New Testament manuscripts. It is classified to the Byzantine text-type as one of the textual subfamilies of this group, though it has many non-Byzantine readings . Name of the family came from the number of Minuscule 1424 designated by number 1424 according the...


Further reading

  • Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte, Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902-1910, pp. 757-765, 799-805.
  • David Ole Voss, Is von Soden's Kr a distinct type of Text? JBL
    Journal of Biblical Literature
    The Journal of Biblical Literature is one of three theological journals published by the Society of Biblical Literature .First published in 1881, JBL is the flagship journal of the field...

    57 (1938), pp. 311-318.

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