Minuscule 2060
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Minuscule 2060 Av42 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript
of the New Testament
, on 105 parchment leaves (27.5 by 21 cm). It is dated by a colophon
to the year 1331. Gregory labelled it by 153r, Scrivener by 114r.
with homilies of St. John Chrysostom
to the Gospel of John
, and the commentary of Andrew of Caesarea on the Book of Revelation. Together with this books codex has 369 leaves. Book of Revelation is on the end of this codex (pages 265-369). It is written in one column per page, in 21 lines per page.
Kurt Aland
the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category
.
It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.
The text of the codex was collated by Hoskier
.
The codex currently is housed at the Vatican Library
(Ms. 542), in Rome
.
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, on 105 parchment leaves (27.5 by 21 cm). It is dated by a colophon
Colophon (publishing)
In publishing, a colophon is either:* A brief description of publication or production notes relevant to the edition, in modern books usually located at the reverse of the title page, but can also sometimes be located at the end of the book, or...
to the year 1331. Gregory labelled it by 153r, Scrivener by 114r.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Book of RevelationBook of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament. The title came into usage from the first word of the book in Koine Greek: apokalupsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation"...
with homilies of St. John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom , Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, and his ascetic...
to the Gospel of John
Gospel of John
The Gospel According to John , commonly referred to as the Gospel of John or simply John, and often referred to in New Testament scholarship as the Fourth Gospel, is an account of the public ministry of Jesus...
, and the commentary of Andrew of Caesarea on the Book of Revelation. Together with this books codex has 369 leaves. Book of Revelation is on the end of this codex (pages 265-369). It is written in one column per page, in 21 lines per page.
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category
Categories of New Testament manuscripts
New Testament manuscripts in Greek are categorized into five groups, according to a scheme introduced in 1981 by Kurt and Barbara Aland in Der Text des Neuen Testaments. The categories are based on how each manuscript relates to the various text-types. Generally speaking, earlier Alexandrian...
.
It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.
The text of the codex was collated by Hoskier
Herman C. Hoskier
Herman Charles Hoskier , was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier .Hoskier, as textual critic, supported the Byzantine text-type against the Alexandrian text-type...
.
The codex currently is housed at the Vatican Library
Vatican Library
The Vatican Library is the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City. It is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. Formally established in 1475, though in fact much older, it has 75,000 codices from...
(Ms. 542), in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
.
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
Further reading
- Herman C. HoskierHerman C. HoskierHerman Charles Hoskier , was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier .Hoskier, as textual critic, supported the Byzantine text-type against the Alexandrian text-type...
, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" 1 (London, 1929), pp. 381-388. - Bruce M. Metzger, "Manuscripts of the Greek Bible" (New York: Oxford, 1981), pp. 132-133.