Minuscule 93 Explained

Minuscule 93 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 51 (Soden),^[1] formerly known as Codex Graevii, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th-century.^{[2] [3]}

Formerly it was labelled it by 17^a, 21^p, and 18^r.It has full marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the New Testament except of the Gospels, with some lacunae (Romans 16:17-27; 1 Corinthians 1:1-7; Hebrews 13:15-25; Revelation 1:1-5), on 270 parchment leaves . The order of books is a usual for the Greek manuscripts: Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Apocalypse. The Hebrews follows Philemon.^[4]

The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page. Text of Rev 1:1-5 was supplied by a later hand.

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.

It contains prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (table of contents) before each book, liturgical notes at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]], and music notes.^[4] It has an additional material: Life of prophets and treatise of Pseudo-Dorotheus about 12 apostles and 70 disciples of Jesus (as codices 82, 177, 459, 613, 617, 699).

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5] In Catholic epistles it has 20-30% non-Byzantine readings.^[6]

History

In 1079 the manuscript was bought by Antonius, a monk. It was held in Constantinople and was purchased by Pierre Séguier (1588–1672). It was examined by Bernard de Montfaucon^[7] Johann Jakob Wettstein, and Paulin Martin.^[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.^[4] Herman C. Hoskier collated the text of the Apocalypse.^[9]

Formerly it was labelled it by 17^a, 21^p, and 18^r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 93 to it.

It is currently housed in at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Fonds Coislin, Gr. 205), at Paris.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), p. 37. (for r)

External links

• Minuscule 93 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . 1908 . J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . Leipzig . 51.
2. Book: K. Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . Berlin, New York . 1994 . 52.
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 285 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 264 .
5. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 138 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
6. R. Waltz, Minuskel 93, Encyclopedia Textual Criticism
7. Bernard de Montfaucon, Bibliotheca Coisliniana olim Segueriana, Paris: Ludovicus Guerin & Carolus Robustel, 1715.
8. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]
9. Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), p. 37. (for r)