Minuscule 171

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Minuscule 171
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date14th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBiblioteca Vallicelliana
Size14.4 cm by 10.9 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Notemarginalia

Minuscule 171 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum 171 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 407 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts.[1] Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the 14th century.[2][3] The manuscript has complex contents and full marginal notes.

Description

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the New Testament Gospels, made of 254 parchment leaves (sized 14.4 cm by 10.9 cm).[4][3] The text is written in one column per page, with 20 lines per page.[2][3][5] The column size is 8.5 cm by 6.5 cm, with the main text written in black ink, and the initial capital letters in red ink.[4] It is ornamented with silver.

The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given in the margin, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) written at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (236 in Mark 234, the last in 16:12),[4] with references to the Eusebian Canons written below the Ammonian section numbers (both early divisions of the Gospels into sections.).[4][5]

It contains prolegomena, tables of contents before each Gospel (also known as κεφαλαια), lectionary markings in the margin, lessons (known as αναγνωσεις / anagnoseis), and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.[4][5]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscript classification system.[6] Category V manuscripts are described as "manuscripts with a purely or predominantly Byzantine text."[6]: 336 

According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it represents cluster Π171 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[7]

History

The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. It was once in the property of Achilles Statius, as also was minuscule 169.[5] It was examined by biblical scholar Giuseppe Bianchini, and textual critic Andrew Birch (about 1782), and biblical scholar Johann M. A. Scholz. Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]

It is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[2][3] It is presently housed at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana (shelf number C. 73.2), in Rome.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 54.
  2. 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) (2 ed.). Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 57. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 171". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
  4. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual Criticism of the New Testament]. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 162.
  5. 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. 215.
  6. 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.
  7. 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. 56. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.