Minuscule 93

Minuscule 93 ( in the Gregory- Aland numbering ), α 51 ( von Soden ), is a Greek Minuskelhandschrift of the New Testament on 270 parchment leaves ( 22.8 × 17.7 cm). Using palaeography was dated the manuscript to the 10th century. The manuscript is not complete.

Description

The manuscript contains the text of the New Testament except the Gospels with gaps ( Romans 16.17-27, 1 Corinthians 1:1-7, Hebrews 13.15-25, Revelation 1:1-5 ). The text of Revelation 1:1-5 was supplemented by a later hand. The order of the books is: Acts, Catholic Epistles, Pauline Epistles, and Revelation of John.

The text was written with one column per 27 lines. The manuscript contains Prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, lectionary markings, incipits, signatures, and στιχοι Synaxarion.

The manuscript contains additional material: the life of the Prophet and treatise of Pseudo- Dorotheus over 12 apostles and 70 disciples of Jesus (as defined in Code 82).

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.

In the Catholic Epistles, the Code contains 20 to 30% non- Byzantine readings.

History

A monk Anthony bought the manuscript in 1079th She was kept in Constantinople Opel and purchased by Pierre Séguier ( 1588-1672 ).

The manuscript was examined by Bernard de Montfaucon and Johann Jakob Wettstein. Herman C. Hoskier collated the text of the Apocalypse.

The code is located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France ( Coislin Gr. 205) in Paris.