THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT . Edited by Kurt Aland, Matthew Black, Bruce M Metzger, Allen Wikgren. United Bible Societies London Copyright 1966. - This Edition prepared for katapi by Paul Ingram 2004.

INTRODUCTION (Greek Manuscripts Part2)

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The following Greek minuscules, selected after a critical examination of more than one thousand manuscripts, have been cited systematically because they exhibit a significant degree of independence from the so-called Byzantine manuscript tradition. Many of them have not been previously cited in printed editions. They were collated for this edition by the Institut fur neutestamentliche Textforschung at Münster/ Westf.

Greek Miniscules – variants from Byz MS tradition

Content: e=Gospels; a=Acts; p=Epistles of St Paul; c=Catholic or General Epistles; r=Revelation.

Number

Content

Date
1 eap  
1 r  
13 e I
28 e XI
33 eap IX
81 ap 1044
88 apr  
94 r  
104 apr 1087
181 ap XI
326 ap  
330 eap  
436 ap XI
451 ap XI
565 e IX
614 ap I
629 ap XIV
630 ap XIV
700 e XI
892 e IX
945 eap XI
1006 er XI
1009 e I
1010 e  
1071 e  
1079 e X
2081 r  
2127 cap  
2138 apr 1072
2148 e 1337
2174 e XIV
1195 e 1123
1216 e XI
1230 e 1124
1241 eap  
1242 eap I
1253 e XV
1344 e  
1365 e  
1505 eap 1084
1546 e 1263?
1611 apr  
1646 eap 1172
1739 ap X
1828 apr  
1854 apr XI
1859 ar XIV
1877 ap XIV
1881 ap XIV
1962 p XI
1984 p XIV
1985 p 1561
2020 r XV
2042 r XIV
2053 r I
2065 r XV
2073 r XIV
2344 apr XI
2412 ap Xll
2432 r XIV
2492 cap I
2495 eapr XIV/XV

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The following minuscules have been cited only when they are of special significance for certain variants. Their evidence has been taken from printed editions of the Greek New Testament and has not been checked.

Miniscules – from printed editions of the Greek New Testament

Content:: e=Gospels; a=Acts; p=Epistles of St Paul; c=Catholic or General Epistles; r=Revelation.

Number

Content

Date
2 ap  
4 e I
4 ap XV
5 eap XIV
7 p XI
17 e XV
18 eapr 1364
22 e  
31 e I
35 eapr XI
36 a  
37 e XI
38 eap I
42 apr XI
53 e XIV
56 e XV
57 eap  
58 e XV
61 eapr XVI
63 e X
69 eapr XV
71 e  
73 e  
76 cap  
80 e  
94 ap I
97 ap  
102 ap 1345
103 ap XI
108 e XI
110 apr  
113 e XI
118 e I
119 e  
122 eap  
124 e XI
127 e XI
130 e XV
131 eap XIV
137 e XI
138 e  
142 eap XI
157 e  
162 e 1153
174 e 1052
179 e  
181 r XV
182 e XIV
185 e XIV
205 eapr XV
206 ap I
209 eap XIV
216 ap 1358
225 e 1192
230 e 1013
234 eap 1278
235 e 1314
237 e X
238 e XI
239 e XI
240 e  
241 eapr XI
242 eapr  
244 e  
245 e 1199
248 c 1275
249 e XIV
253 e XI
254 apr XIV
255 ap  
256 apr XI
259 e XI
263 eap X1II
273 e I
274 e X
291 c I
296 eapr XVI
299 e X
301 e XI
307 a X
309 ap XI1I
322 ap XV
323 ap XI
325 apr XI
327 ap I
328 ap I
336 apr XV
346 e  
348 e 1022
372 e XVI
378 ap  
397 e X/XI
407 e  
424 apr XI
425 ap 1330
429 ap XIV
429 r XV
431 eap XI
435 e X
440 eap  
441 ap I
460 ap X1II
462 ap I
465 ap XI
467 apr XV
468 apr I
469 apr XI1I
472 e I
474 e XI
482 e 1285
483 eap 1295
489 eap 1316
491 eap XI
495 e  
517 eapr XI
522 eapr 1515
543 o  
544 e I
547 eap XI
569 e 1161
579 e I
605 ap X
618 ap  
623 ap 1037
627 apr X
635 ap XI
692 e  
713 e  
788 e XI
792 er I
808 eapr  
826 e  
828 e  
915 ap I
917 ap  
927 eap 1133
954 e XV
983 e  
998 e  
1012 e XI
1047 e I
1077 e X
1093 e 1302
1110 e XI
1170 e XI
1175 ap XI
1210 e XI
1215 e I
1217 e 1186
1221 e XI
1224 e  
1293 c XI
1311 ap 1090
1319 cap  
1321 e XI
1342 e LXIV
1396 e XIV
1424 eap LX/X
1443 c 1047
1445 e 1323
1518 ap XV
1522 ap XIV
1574 e XIV
1582 e 949
1597 eapr 1289
1626 eapr XV
1675 e XIV
1689 e 1200
1758 ap I
1778 r XV
1835 a XI
1836 ap X
1837 ap XI
1838 ap XI
1873 ap  
1898 ap X
1906 p 1056
1908 p XI
1923 p XI
1925 p XI
2028 r 1422
2029 r XVI
2030 r  
2033 r XVI
2038 r XVI
2044 r 1560
2048 r  
2049 r XVI
2050 r 1107
2054 r XV
2058 r XIV
2067 r XV
2068 r XVI
2069 r XV
2071 r 1622
2074 r X
2083 r 1560
2091 r XV
2193 e X
2302 r XV
2329 r X
2351 r X XI
2386 e  
2595 r XV

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The following symbols and abbreviations are used in connection with the citation of Greek manuscript evidence:

f1 Family 1: manuscripts 1, 118, 131, 209.
f13 Family 13: manuscripts 13, 69, 124, 174, 230 (174 and 230 not used in Mark), 346, 543, 788, 826, 828, 983, 1689.
Byz the reading of the majority of Byzantine manuscripts.
Byz.pt part of the Byzantine manuscript tradition.
* the reading of the original hand of a manuscript.
c corrector of a manuscript.
c: 2, 3 successive correctors of a manuscript; in the case of א, D (Bezae Cantabrigiensis) and D (Claromontanus) the successive correctors are designated traditionally as a,b,c,d,e.
mg textual evidence contained in the margin of a manu­script.
gr the Greek text of a bilingual manuscript (e. g. D, E, and G) where it differs from the corresponding text in the accompanying language.
vid indicates apparent support for a given reading in a manuscript whose state of preservation makes complete verification impossible.
? indicates that a witness probably supports a given reading but there is some doubt.
( ) indicate that a witness supports the reading for which it is cited, but deviates from it in minor details.
cj conjecture
supp a portion of a manuscript supplied by a later hand where the original is missing,
sic indicates an abnormality exactly reproduced from the original.
txt the text of a manuscript when it differs from another reading given in the commentary section which ac­companies the text.
comm commentary section of a manuscript where the reading differs from the accompanying Greek text.

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Greek Lectionary of the Gospels
-11th century

The following Greek lectionaries, most of them not previously utilized in editions of the Greek New Testament, have been systematically cited in the textual apparatus. Their citation is based upon fresh collations made for this edition at the University of Chicago, or is drawn from the files of the Greek Lectionary project, there.

It should be observed that Greek lectionaries have no readings from Revelation and from certain parts of Acts and the Epistles, and that a number give only the Saturday and Sunday lessons instead of the daily ones. This accounts for the absence of citation of lectionary evidence in certain passages. Furthermore, L 309, L 490, and L1610 are fragmentary.

Greek Lectionaries

Content: e=Gospels; a=Acts; p=Epistles of St Paul; c=Catholic or General Epistles; r=Revelation.

Number

Content

Date

L10

c

I

L12

e

I

L32

e

XI I

L59

a

  

L60

ca

1021

L69

e

  

L70

e

  

L76

e

  

L80

e

  

L147

a

  

L150

e

995

L184

e

1319

L185

e

XI

L211

e

  

L292

e

IX

L299

e

I

L303

e

  

L309

e

X

L313

e

XIV

L333

e

I

L374

e

1070

L381

e

XI

L490

e

IX

L547

e

I

L597

a

X

L598

a

XI

L599

a

XI

L603

a

XI

L680

ea

I

L809

a

Xll

L847

e

967

L883

a

XI

L950

e

1289/90

L1021

a

  

L1127

e

  

L1153a

a

XIV

L1231

e

X

L1298

a

XI

L1356

a

X

L1364

a

  

L1365

a

  

L1439

a

  

L1441

a

I

L1443

a

1053

L1579

e

XIV

L590

a

I

L599

c

IX

L1610

e

XV

L1627

E

XI

L1634

E

  

L1642

E

I

L1663

E

XIV

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The following Greek lectionaries have been cited from previous editions of the Greek New Testament, where for the most part they are sporadically used. 
With some exceptions, they have not been checked for this edition.

Greek Lectionaries – cited from previous editions

Content: e=Gospels; a=Acts; p=Epistles of St Paul; c=Catholic or General Epistles; r=Revelation.

Number

Content

Date

L1

E

X

L4

E

XI

L5

E

X

L6

Ea

I

L7

E

1204

L11

E

I

L13

E

  

L14

E

XVI

L15

E

I

L17

E

IX

L18

E

II

L19

E

I

L20

E

1047

L21

E

  

L24

E

X

L26

E

I

L31

E

  

L33

E

XI

L34

E

IX

L36

E

VIII/IX

L37

ea

  

L38

A

XV

L44

ea

  

L47

E

X

L48

E

1055

L49

E

X/XI

L51

E

XIV

L53

ea

XV

L54

ea

1470

L55

ea

1602

L57

ea

XV

L62

A

  

L63

E

IX

L64

E

IX

L68

E

  

L159

E

1061

L164

A

1172

L174

ea

I

L181

E

980

L183

E

X

L187

E

I

L191

E

  

L210

E

  

L219

E

  

L223

ea

XV

L224

E

XIV

L225

E

1437

L226

E

XIV

L227

E

XIV

L230

E

I

L241

ea

1199

L253

E

1020

L260

E

?

L276

E

I

L302

E

XV

L305

E

  

L331

E

1272

L368

A

IX

L372

E

1055

L574

E

1125

L611

A

I

L805

E

IX

L823

E

X

L845

E

IXL

L850

E

 

L854

E

1167

L855

E

1175

L861

E

 

L871

E

 

L952

E

1148

L956

E

XV

L961

E

 

L983

E

I

L997

E

  

L1014

E

X

L1043

E

V

L1084

E

1292

L1141

A

1105

L1291

A

XIV

L1294

A

XIV

L1300

A

XI

L1311

A

1116

L1345

E

IX

L1346

E

X

L1348

E

VII

L1349

E

IX

L1350

E

IX

L1353

E

VII

L1357

A

XV

L1440

A

  

L1504

A

X

L1564

E

  

L1578

E

XIV

L1602

E

VIII

L1613

E

XV

1632

E

I

L1635

E

I

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The following abbreviations are used in connection with the lectionary evidence:

Lect 

the reading of the majority of lectionaries in the Synaxarion (the so-called "movable year" beginning with Easter) and in the Menologion (the "fixed year" beginning September 1), when these agree.

Lect.m

the reading of the majority of lectionarios in the Menologion when it differs from that of the Synaxarion or occurs only in the Menologion.

L12, etc.

an individual lectionary cited by number, following the Gregory-Aland list, when it differs from the majority reading in the Synaxarion passages.

L135m, ext

the individual lectionary in its Menologion, which differs from the majority of the other lectionaries.

L76s, m, etc.

an individual lectionary in which both the Synaxarion and the Menologion passages are in agreement.

135pt, etc

an individual lectionary which contains a passage two or more times, with readings differing from each other, hence listed as supporting a reading in part.

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