Minuscule 121
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 1284 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève |
| Size | 19.5 cm by 15 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 121 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum 121 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 366 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts.[1][2] It is dated by a colophon to the year 1284.[3]
Description
The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the text of the four Gospels on 241 parchment leaves (sized 19.5 cm by 15 cm),[3][4] with one missing section: Matthew 5:21-8:24.[3][5] The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.[5][4] The capital letters are written in coloured ink.[5]
The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given in the margin, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) written at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (241 in Mark 241, the last being at 16:20), but contains no reference to the Eusebian Canons (both early divisions of the Gospels into sections).[5] It contains the chapter content tables (also known as κεφαλαια) before each Gospel, lectionary markings in the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, a Synaxarion, a Menologion, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.[5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Biblical scholar Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[6] Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscript classification system.[7] Category V manuscripts are described as "manuscripts with a purely or predominantly Byzantine text."[7]: 336
According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it creates textual cluster 121, as a leading manuscript.[6] It is textually close to Minuscule 64, 533, 662, 663, 1060, 1297, 1642, and 1665.[6]
History
According to the colophon, it was written in September 1284, by a copyist named Joasaph.[8] It was examined by textual critics Johann J. Griesbach,[9] Johann M. A. Scholz, Constantin von Tischendorf, and Paulin Martin.[10]
Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1884.[5] It is presently housed at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève (3398), at Paris.[3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ von Soden, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte [The Writings of the New Testament, in their Earliest Accessible Textual Form / Established on the Basis of their Textual History] (in German). Vol. 1. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 178.
- ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 52.
- 1 2 3 4 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments [A Concise List of the Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 53. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- 1 2 3 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 121". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual Criticism of the New Testament]. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. pp. 154–155.
- 1 2 3 Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscript Evidence. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 55, 110. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- 1 2 Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ↑ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 211.
- ↑ Griesbach, Johann Jakob (1793). Symbolae criticae ad supplendas et corrigendas variarum N. T. lectionum collectiones [Critical Symbols to supplement and correct various collections of N. T. readings]. Halle: Johann Jacob Curtius. pp. CCXXIII–CCXXIV.
- ↑ Martin, Jean-Pierre-Paul (1883). Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris [Technical Description of Greek manuscripts relating to the New Testament, Preserved in the Libraries of Paris]. Paris: Maisonneuve fréres et C. Leclerc. pp. 52–3.