Minuscule 200
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Laurentian Library |
| Size | 22.4 cm by 17.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 200 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum 200 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 118 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts.[1] Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the 11th century.[2] The manuscript has marginal notes.
Description
The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the four Gospels written on 229 parchment leaves (22.4 cm by 17.5 cm).[3][2][4] The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.[3][2][4] The ink used is either light brown or dark brown for some pages, with the capital letters written in gold ink.[3]
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 a division according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are written in gold ink in the margin.[3] There is also references to the Eusebian Canons, which are written in red ink below the Ammonian Section numbers (both early divisions of the Gospels into sections).[3]
It contains pictures, the Epistle to Carpian, the Eusebian Canon tables, with the tables of contents (also known as κεφαλαια) placed before each Gospel, and fragments of a work by Gregory of Nyssa called "Against the Arians." The Synaxarion and Menologion were added in the 14th century.[3][5]
Text
The Greek text is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscript classification system.[6] Category V manuscripts are described as "manuscripts with a purely or predominantly Byzantine text."[6]: 336
According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it represents textual cluster Π200.[7] The verses in John 7:53-8:11 (known as the Pericope Adulterae), are marked with an obelus to indicate the passage is considered to be doubtful.[3]
History
The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. It once belonged to Antonio Corbinelli († 1423) and together with Minuscule 199 it was presented to Benedictine monastery.[3] It was examined by textual critic Andreas Birch, and church clergyman Dean Burgon. Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
It is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4] It is presently housed at the Laurentian Library (shelf number Conv. Sopp. 160), in Florence.[2][4]
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. 55.
- 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] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 59. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual Criticism of the New Testament]. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 166.
- 1 2 3 4 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 200". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ↑ 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. 218.
- 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.
- ↑ 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. 57. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
External links
- Digital Colour Images of Minuscule 200 online at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Digital Library.