Minuscule 942
New Testament manuscript
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Minuscule 942 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1365 von Soden),[1][2] is a 10th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has survived in complete condition.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 10th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Dionysiou monastery Russian National Library |
| Size | 14.3 cm by 11.8 cm |
| Type | Byzantine |
| Category | V |
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 385 parchment leaves (size 14.3 cm by 11.8 cm).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 18 lines per page.[3][4] The leaves are arranged in sedez.[5]
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, and pictures.[5] There is no Epistula ad Carpianum. The manuscript is ornamented.[2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine. Hermann von Soden classified it as text K.[6] Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[7] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual Family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 14.[6]
History
The manuscript was dated by Gregory to the 13th century.[5] Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.[3][4]
The codex 942 was seen by Gregory at the Dionysiou monastery (34), in Mount Athos.[5] Currently 383 folios of the manuscript are housed at the Dionysiou monastery (121 (34)) in Athos. 2 folios are housed at the Russian National Library (Gr. 286) in St. Petersburg, they do not contain biblical text.[3][4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by C. R. Gregory (942e).[5] It was not on the Scrivener's list, but it was added to this list by Edward Miller in the 4th edition of A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament.[8]
It was examined by Kurt Treu.[9]
It is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,[10] NA28[11]).
