Minuscule 905

New Testament manuscript

Minuscule 905New Testament manuscript

Folio 75 recto, the beginning of Mark

Text| Gospels
Date| 12th/13th century
Script| Greek
Now at| Princeton University Library
Size| 28.5 cm by 19 cm
Type| Byzantine text-type
Category| V
Note| marginalia

Minuscule 905 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε1130 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 12th or 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has survived in complete condition. It has liturgical books and marginalia.

## Description

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The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 224 parchment leaves (size 28.5 cm by 19 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 28 lines per page.[3][4] At the beginning (folios 1-2) and the end (last folio) it has additional non-biblical material.[5] According to Hermann von Soden it is an ornamented manuscript.[2]

The text is divided according to chapters (κεφαλαια), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their titles (τιτλοι) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 Sections), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[5]

It also contains prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels, and pictures. It contains also liturgical books with hagiographies: Synaxarion and Menologion.[5][6]

## Text

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kak.[7] Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[8]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20, but no profile was made for Luke 10. It forms a textual cluster with codex 1179.[7]

It contains the spurious text of Matthew 16:2b–3 (Signs of the times), but marked with an obelus as doubtful.[5]

## History

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C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th century.[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4] Probably it was written in Calabria.[5] Formerly it was at the Athos monastery (A'; according to Lake – Andrea 3).[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (689e) and Gregory (905e). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]

The manuscript was described by Kenneth W. Clark.[9]

Currently it is housed in the Princeton University Library (Garrett 5), in the United States.[3][4]

## See also

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* Bible portal

* List of New Testament minuscules
* Minuscule 906
* Biblical manuscript
* Textual criticism

## References

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1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 78.
2. ^ a b Soden, von, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 1\. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 148.
3. ^ a b Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 101\. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
4. ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1\. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. pp. 231–232.
6. ^ 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. pp. 266–267.
7. ^ a b 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. 67. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
8. ^ 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. pp. 134, 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
9. ^ K. W. Clark (1937). A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America. Chicago. pp. 69–71.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

## Further reading

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* K. W. Clark (1937). A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 69–71.

## External links

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* "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 12 June 2012.