Minuscule 106 Explained

Minuscule 106 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1380 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.^[2]

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 212 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.^[2]

The Greek text of the codex Kurt Aland did not place in any Category.^[3] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual group M106 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.^[4]

It contains many readings close to Syriac Philoxenian.^[5]

It has unique reading in Matthew 27:62.^[6]

In John 7:40 it lacks the phrase των λογων τουτων; the reading is supported only by Lectionary 44 and Syriac Sinaitic.^[7]

History

Griesbach dated the manuscript to the 10th century.

The manuscript once belonged to César de Missy.^[6]

Jackson collated the text of the manuscript for Wettstein in 1748.^{[8] [5]} It was examined by Griesbach and wrongly classified by him as a representative of the Alexandrian text-type.^[9]

According to Scrivener it was held in the Earl of Winchelsea's Library, but in 1883 Earl of Winchelsea wrote to Gregory that he did not have any Gospel manuscripts.^[6]

Currently the manuscript is housed in the Chester Beatty Library (Ms. W 135), in Dublin.^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• R. P. Casey, "The Lost Codex 106 of the Gospels" HTR 16 (1923), p. 394-396.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 52.
2. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 53 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. 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 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
4. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 54 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 208 .
6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 152 .
7. Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, Stuttgart 2001, p. 186.
8. Book: Wettstein , J. J. . Johann Jakob Wettstein . Novum Testamentum Graecum editionis receptae cum lectionibus variantibus codicum manuscripts . Ex Officina Dommeriana . 1751 . Amsterdam . 58 .
9. J. J. Griesbach, Novum Testamentum Graecum, vol. I (Halle, 1777), Prolegomena.