Minuscule 79
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Codex Georg Douzae |
|---|---|
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 15th century |
| Script | Greek-Latin |
| Found | 1597, Georg Douza |
| Now at | Leiden University Library |
| Size | 16.5 cm by 12 cm |
| Type | Byzantine/mixed |
| Category | none |
Minuscule 79, known as Codex Georg Douzae, is a Greek-Latin minuscule manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, on parchment. It is designated by the siglum 71. in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 529 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts.[1] Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] It was adapted for liturgical use.
Description
The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing an almost complete the text of the four Gospels with one large gap (Matthew 1:1-14:13), written on 208 parchment leaves (sized 16.5 cm by 12 cm).[2][3][4] The text is written in two columns per page, 26-28 lines per page.[2][3][4] The initial letters are written in red ink.[3]
In the Gospel of Matthew it contains chapter numbers (known as κεφαλαια / kephalai) written in the margin, though none of the chapter titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) are included, with lectionary markings in the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, an introduction (αναγνωσεις / anagnoseis) to Matthew, a synaxaria (list of weekly readings), and pictures.[5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is considered to be mostly a representative of the Byzantine text-type, with several non-majority readings. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category of his New Testament Manuscript Classification system.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1.[7] In Luke 10 and Luke 20 it has a mixed text.[7]
History
The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. Georg Douza brought the manuscript from Constantinople in 1597.[3] It was cited by Frans Comer von Brügge.[8]
It is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[4] It is presently housed in at the Leiden University Library (B. P. Gr. 74), at Leiden.[2][4]
See also
References
- ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament] (in German). Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 5.
- 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). Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 51.
- 1 2 3 4 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual Criticism of the New Testament] (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 147.
- 1 2 3 4 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 79". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- ↑ 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. 205.
- ↑ 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.
- 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. 54. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ↑ Frans Comer von Brügge, Opera theologica, Amsterdam 1644, p. 416.