Minuscule 229 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1206 (
Soden),
is a
Greek
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minuscule
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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, on parchment. It is dated by a
colophon to 1140.
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", '']Walter de Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 60.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four
Gospel
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s with two
lacunae (Mark 16:16-20; John 1:1-11), on 297 parchment leaves (size ).
[ The leaves are arranged in ]octavo
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(eight leaves in quire).[Emmanuel Miller]
''Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial''
(Paris 1848), p. 407. The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[
It contains pictures and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.]Category
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.Claremont Profile Method
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it represents textual family Πa in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 it represents family Kx.
History
According to the colophon it was: Ετελειωθη το παρων βιβλιον δια χειρος βασιλειου νοταριου του Αργυροπουλου μηνι ιαννουαριω εις α. Νυ του ςχμ ετους.[
The manuscript was written by Basilius, a notary from Argyropolis, in 1140. In the 14th century someone corrected text of the codex in many places.][
It was described by ]Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer
Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer (11 December 1753 – 21 November 1823), was a German- Danish philologist, theologian, librarian, bibliophile, palaeographer, diplomat, and Bible translator.
Early life and education
Moldenhawer was born in ...
, who collated it about 1783 for Andreas Birch
Andreas Birch (November 6, 1758 – October 25, 1829) was a professor from Copenhagen.Fr. NielsenBiografii 1. ''Dansk biografisk leksikon'', edited by C.F. Bricka, 2. volume, page 280, Gyldendal, 1887–1905 Birch was sent in 1781–1783 by the k ...
(Esc. 8).[ Emmanuel Miller described it very briefly in 1848.][
It is currently housed at the ]Escurial
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* List of municipalities in Cáceres
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(Cod. Escurialensis, X. IV. 21).[
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
The list of New_Testament_minuscule, New Testament Minuscules ordered by Gregory–Aland index number is divided into three sections:
* List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (1001–2000)
* List of New Test ...
* Biblical manuscript
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* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
* Emmanuel Miller
''Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial''
(Paris 1848), p. 407.
*
External links
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''
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Greek New Testament minuscules
12th-century biblical manuscripts