Minuscule 122
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Lugdunensis-Batavorum |
|---|---|
| Text | New Testament (except Rev.) |
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Leiden University Library |
| Size | 18.1 cm by 14.1 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | full marginalia |
Minuscule 122 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum 122 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and δ 258 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts.[1] Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has full marginal notes.
Description
The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing a near complete text of the New Testament except the Book of Revelation, written on 222 parchment leaves (sized 18.1 cm by 14.1 cm),[2][3] with some missing portions: Acts 1:1-14; 21:15-22:28; 1 John 4:20-end; 2 John; 3 John; Jude; Romans 1:1-7:13; and 1 Corinthians 2:7-14:23.[4] The text is written in one column per page, with 30-32 lines per page;[3] the size of the text-block is 12.4 by 9 cm.[2] The initial letters are written in red ink.[5]
The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given in the margin, with their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) written at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (234 sections in Mark, the final at 16:8), with references to the Eusebian Canons written below the Ammonian Section numbers (both early divisions of the Gospels into different sections).[5] It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, the content tables (also known as κεφαλαια) before each book, lectionary markings in the margin (for liturgical use), the numbers of lines (known as στιχοι / stichoi), a Menologion (list of weekly readings) to Acts, the Catholic Epistles and Pauline epistles, and the Euthalian Apparatus.[5] Some corrections were made by a second hand.[4]
- Order of books
- Gospels
- Acts
- Catholic epistles
- Pauline epistles[5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Textual critic Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K1.[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 represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[6]
History
The manuscript was written by Basilius, a monk and diakon. It was examined by biblical scholar Johann J. Griesbach. Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1888.[5]
It is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century CE.[3] It is presently housed at the Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit (shelf number B. P. Gr. 74a), at Leiden in Belgium.[2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ 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 4 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 122". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
- 1 2 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 211.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [The Textual Criticism of the New Testament]. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 155.
- 1 2 Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 55. 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. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
- Jakobus Dermout, Collectanea Critica in Novum Testamentum (Leiden 1825).