Codex Ebnerianus, ''Minuscule 105'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 257 ( Soden), is a

Greek language Greek ( el, label= Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy ( Calabria and Salento), southe ...

illuminated manuscript of the

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...

, though missing the

Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of ...

. Formerly it was labeled by 105^e, 48^a, and 24^p.

Description

It is believed written in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

at the start of the 12th century during the Comnenian Period. It is unique amongst surviving Greek New Testament manuscripts in that it places author portraits before each epistle, act and

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words a ...

, as opposed to just the gospels. This manuscript gives a good example of Greek calligraphy of the 12th century. The manuscript is marked with Georgian quire signatures, but was still in Constantinople in the 16th century. The text is written in 1 column per page, 27 lines per page, on 426 parchment leaves (20.5 by 16 cm). Capital letters in gold. The book itself was bound in silver inlaid with ivory and comprises 426 leaves of

vellum Vellum is prepared animal skin or membrane, typically used as writing material. Parchment is another term for this material, from which vellum is sometimes distinguished, when it is made from calfskin, as opposed to that made from other anima ...

quarto Quarto (abbreviated Qto, 4to or 4º) is the format of a book or pamphlet produced from full sheets printed with eight pages of text, four to a side, then folded twice to produce four leaves. The leaves are then trimmed along the folds to produc ...

(20.5 by 16 cm). It contains

Epistula ad Carpianum The ''Epistula ad Carpianum'' ("Letter to Carpian") or Letter of Eusebius is the title traditionally given to a letter from Eusebius of Caesarea to a Christian named Carpianus. In this letter, Eusebius explains his ingenious system of gospel harmo ...

, the Eusebian Tables, tables of the , the , numbers of the at the margin, the Ammonian Sections, but not o references to the

Eusebian Canons Eusebian canons, Eusebian sections or Eusebian apparatus, also known as Ammonian sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into chapters and verses used in modern texts d ...

, subscriptions at the end, , and the Nicene Creed all in gold. Synaxarion and

Menologion Menologium (), also written menology, and menologe, is a service-book used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. From its derivation from Greek , ''menológion'', from μήν ''m ...

were added by Joasaph, a calligraphist, in 1391, who also added John 8:3-11 at the end of that Gospel. The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

Byzantine text-type In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type (also called Majority Text, Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text) is one of the main text types. It is the form fo ...

. Aland placed it in Category V. It belongs to the textual family Family K^x.

History

The codex is named after Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach (1673–1752); a

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diplomat and

German Enlightenment The Age of Enlightenment or the Enlightenment; german: Aufklärung, "Enlightenment"; it, L'Illuminismo, "Enlightenment"; pl, Oświecenie, "Enlightenment"; pt, Iluminismo, "Enlightenment"; es, La Ilustración, "Enlightenment" was an intel ...

historian, who founded a library using his extensive collection. Formerly it was labeled by 105^e, 48^a, and 24^p. In 1908 Gregory gave for it number 105. It is currently housed at the Bodleian Library,

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, (MS. Auct. T. inf. 1. 10).K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 52.

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MS. Auct. T. inf. 1. 10
In the Bodleian Libraries Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts
MS. Auct. T. inf. 1. 10
Images available in Digital Bodleian {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0105 Illuminated biblical manuscripts Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts Bodleian Library collection

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