Minuscule 203
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This Wikipedia page needs to be CORRECTED. This page is not describing the correct manuscript. Minuscule 203 (according to Kurzgefasste Liste maintained by the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung) is a twelfth-century manuscript of Acts, Pauline letters, and the Apocalypse of John. It has 149 leaves and which measure 21.5 x 29.5 cm. It is housed at the British Library (Add. 28816). That is not what is described below. See http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php
Minuscule 203 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 203 (Soden), is a modern Greek
minuscule manuscript
of the New Testament
, on paper. Paleographically
it has been assigned to the 16th century.
(except Book of Revelation
) on 443 paper leaves (size ). The order of books: Gospels, Pauline epistles, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles.
It is written in one column per page, in 26 lines per page. It contains the Synaxarion.
The Greek language of the codex is modern.
. Aland
placed it in Category V.
It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.
, 263
, 301
, 306
, 314
).
It was housed in the monastery S. Marco in Florence.
It was examined by Birch and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
It is currently housed at the National Central Library
(Convent. I. 10. 7), at Florence
.
Minuscule 203 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 203 (Soden), is a modern Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
minuscule manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
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....
, on paper. Paleographically
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
it has been assigned to the 16th century.
Description
The codex contains the text of the New TestamentNew Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
(except Book of Revelation
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament. The title came into usage from the first word of the book in Koine Greek: apokalupsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation"...
) on 443 paper leaves (size ). The order of books: Gospels, Pauline epistles, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles.
It is written in one column per page, in 26 lines per page. It contains the Synaxarion.
The Greek language of the codex is modern.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-typeByzantine 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...
. Aland
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
placed it in Category V.
It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.
History
The manuscript once belonged to Jean Hurault Boistaller (like codices 10Minuscule 10
Minuscule 10 , ε 372 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 275 parchment leaves , dated palaeographically to the 13th century. It has complex contents with full marginalia.- Description :...
, 263
Minuscule 263
Minuscule 263 , δ 372 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has marginalia.- Description :...
, 301
Minuscule 301
Minuscule 301 , A156 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.It has marginalia.- Description :...
, 306
Minuscule 306
Minuscule 306 , Θε30 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.- Description :...
, 314
Minuscule 314
Minuscule 314 , O11 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.Formerly it was labelled by 23a, 28p, and 6r.- Description :...
).
It was housed in the monastery S. Marco in Florence.
It was examined by Birch and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
It is currently housed at the National Central Library
National Central Library (Florence)
The Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze is a public national library in Florence, the largest in Italy and one of most important in Europe, one of the two central libraries of Italy, along with the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale of Rome.-History:...
(Convent. I. 10. 7), at Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
.
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
External links
- Minuscule 203 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism