Minuscule 157
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New Testament manuscript |
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facsimile
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| Name | Urbino-Vaticanus Gr. 2 |
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| Text | Gospels |
| Date | 1122 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Vatican Library |
| Size | 18.6 cm by 13.6 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
| Hand | beautifully written |
| Note | full marginalia |
Minuscule 157 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 207 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum. According to the colophon it is dated to the year 1122. Formerly date was wrongly deciphered as 1128? (Gregory, Thompson). It has complex contents and full marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 325 parchment leaves (size 18.6 cm by 13.6 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose tables are given before each Gospel (tables of contents), numbers at the margin of the text, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is no a division according to the Eusebian Canons though the Eusebian Canon tables are placed at the beginning.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, prolegomena, lectionary equipment, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, ornaments and pictures in vermilion and gold. The Gospel of John is preceded by portrait of John evangelist with Prochorus.
It has the famous Jerusalem Colophon ("copied and corrected from the ancient manuscripts of Jerusalem preserved on the Holy Mountain") at the end of each of the Gospel. It is very beautifully written.
Although the manuscript was made for the Emperor its text is not the standard Byzantine but a mixture of text-types with strong the Alexandrian element. Its readings often agree with Codex Bezae, with some affinities to Diatessaron, and to Marcion's text of Luke (see Gospel of Marcion).
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