- Minuscule 61
New Testament manuscript infobox
form=Minuscule
number=61
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name=
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text=New Testament
script= Greek
date= c. 1520
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now at=Trinity College, Dublin
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size= 15.8 by 12 cm
type= mixed,Byzantine text-type (Gospels, Acts)
cat= III, V
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note=Minuscule 61 (Gregory-Aland; Soden's δ 603), known as "Codex Montfortianus", Erasmus named it "Codex Britannicus". It is a Greek minuscule
manuscript of theNew Testament , on 455 paper leaves (15.8 by 12 cm), dated to the early 16th century, though a 15th century date is possible on paleographic grounds.F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament", p. 149 ] Written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 50. ]Description
The codex contains the entire of the New Testament. It contains τιτλοι, στιχοι, the Ammonian Sections and the
Eusebian Canons . The titles of the sacred books were written in red ink.The Greek text of the Gospels and Acts of this codex is a representative of the
Byzantine text-type , Aland placed it n Category V. InPauline epistles andCatholic epistles its text is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III. [Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995), p. 129. ] In theBook of Revelation its text belongs to the Byzantine text-type but with a large number of unique textual variant, in a close relationship to the Uncial 046, andMinuscule 69 .Bruce M. Metzger,Bart D. Ehrman , "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 86. ]History
It was the first Greek manuscript discovered that contains the
Comma Johanneum in 1 John 5:7-8. It was copied from a 10th century manuscript atLincoln College, Oxford , that did not have the "Comma". "Comma" was inserted from the Latin. Its earliest known owner was Froy, a Franciscan friar. This codex was used by Erasmus in his third edition of Novum Testamentum (1522). In 17th century it belonged to Montfort, from which this codex derives its present name.The codex now is located in Trinity College (Ms. 30) at
Dublin .See also
*
List of New Testament minuscules
*Textus Receptus
*Textual criticism References
Futher readings
* Orlando T. Cobbin, "The Codex Montfortianus, a Collation of this Celebrated MS ... throughout the Gospels and Acts with the Greek and Acts with the Greek Text of Western and with certain MSS (Evv 56, 58, Ag 33) in the University of Oxford" (London, 1854).
External links
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m61 At the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism]
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