Minuscule 205 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 500 ( Soden), 68 (Rahlfs), is a

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of the Old and the

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, on parchment, from the 15th century. It has some

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Description

The codex contains the text of the

on 441 parchment leaves (size ).K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''

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'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 59. The order of the books: Gospels,

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, and Apocalypse. It is written in one column per page, in 55-56 lines per page. It contains Prolegomena to Catholic and Pauline epistles, lists of the (''tables of contents'') before each book, numbers of the (''chapters'') are given at the margin in Greek and Latin, the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages, and subscriptions at the end of each book. Text of Mark 16:9-20 is marked by an

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. It contains also the Old Testament (except

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).Amy S. Anderson, ''The Textual tradition of the Gospels: Family 1 in Matthew'', Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2004, p. 115.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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in the Gospels and the

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in rest of books of the codex. Aland placed it in Category III in Gospels and Revelation, and in Category V in rest of books. It is a member of the

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in the Gospels. It creates a pair with 209.

History

Paleographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript was written by John Rhosus for Cardinal

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(† 1472), together with the codices

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and

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. Rhosus was librarian of Cardinal. In 1468 it was sent to the library of Cardinal. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Griesbach. It was examined by

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and Burgon. G. F. Rinck considers it in the Gospels a mere copy of the codex 209. Burgon argued that both were transcribed from the same uncial archetype as codex 209.

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saw it in 1886. It is currently housed at the

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(Gr. Z 5), at

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, together with the 205^abs, which was thought to be a copy of 205. However, more recently Welsby has demonstrated that 205 is in fact the copy and 205abs the original. 205abs is now known as minuscule 2886 in the Gregory-Aland classification.Welsby, ''A Textual Study of Family 1 in the Gospel of John'', Berlin; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2014.

References

External links

Minuscule 205
at the INTF * * R. Waltz

at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0205 Greek New Testament minuscules 15th-century biblical manuscripts Septuagint manuscripts

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