Minuscule 2766

Minuscule 2766
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date13th century
ScriptGreek
Now atDuke University
Size19.6 cm by 15.5 cm
Categorynone

Minuscule 2766 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on 147 parchment leaves (19.6 cm by 15.5 cm). Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels. The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page. Titles are written in red uncial letters. The title in Mark is written in red semi-uncial letters, but in the rest of the Gospels in red uncial letters. It contains the Eusebian Canons in red.[2]

The Greek text of the codex represents the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.[3] According to the Claremont Profile Method it has Kmix/Cl827/Cl827.[4]

History

The codex now is located in the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of the Duke University (Gk MS 31) at Durham.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 208.
  2. ^ Minuscule 2766 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts
  3. ^ 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. 140. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  4. ^ 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. 90. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

Further reading

  • Kenneth Willis Clark, Greek New Testament Manuscripts in Duke University Library, Library Notes, no. 27 (April 1953), pp. 6-7.