Minuscule 150 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum 150 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 107 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts.[1] Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] The manuscript has complex contents, with full marginal notes.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Pal.-Vaticanus 189 |
|---|---|
| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Vatican Library |
| Size | 11.6 cm by 8.7 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Description
editThe manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the four Gospels written on 331 parchment leaves (sized 11.6 cm by 8.7 cm).[2][3] The text is written in one column per page, with 23 lines per page.[2][3] The capital letters are written in gold ink.[4] The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given in the margin, with references to the Eusebian Canons which are written below the Ammonian Section numbers (both early divisions of the Gospels into sections).[4]
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, Prolegomena, the tables of contents (known as κεφαλαια kephalaia) before each Gospel, lectionary markings in the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, the synaxaria and Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel with the numbers of lines (known as στιχοι / stichoi), and pictures, with a picture of the baptism of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark.[5][4]
Text
editThe 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 Kx.[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 belongs to the textual family Family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 it has a mixed Byzantine text related to family Π200.[6]
History
editThe earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. The manuscript was examined and described by biblical scholar Andreas Birch in about 1782, and by textual critic Johann M. A. Scholz. Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]
Birch dated the manuscript to the 12th century. It is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[2][3] It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (shelf number Pal. gr. 189), in Rome.[2][3]
See also
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References
edit- ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament] (in German). Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 53.
- 1 2 3 4 5 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. 55.
- 1 2 3 4 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 150". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- 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. 159.
- ↑ 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. 214.
- 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. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
External links
edit- Digital Colour Images of Minuscule 150 online at the Vatical Digital Library.