Minuscule 172

Minuscule 172 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 404 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th or the 14th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 57. Formerly it was labelled by 178a, 242p, and 87r. It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation on 234 parchment leaves (size ) with numerous lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 24-30 lines per page. The leaves are arranged in quarto.

The Pauline epistles are written in smaller letters than the rest.

The text is divided according to the (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.

It contains prolegomena, tables of the (tables of contents) to Pauline epistles, lectionary markings in the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, (lessons), subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of .

Lacunae Acts 1:1-4:24; 5:2-16; 6:2-7:2; 7:16-8:10; 8:38-9:13; 9:26-39; 10:9-22; 10:43-13:1; 23:32-24:24; 28:23-James 1:5; 3:6-4:16; 2 Peter 3:10-1 John 1:1; 3:13-4:2; Jude 16-25; Romans 14:23 - 15:1.4; 1 Corinthians 3:15-15:23; 2 Corinthians 10: 14-11:19; 13:5-13; Ephesians 1:1-2:14; 5:29-6:24 Colossians 1:24-26; 2:4-7; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-3:5; Hebrews 9:3-10:29 Rev 14:4-14; 21: 12-22:21.

Text

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any category.

History

It was examined by Birch (about 1782), Scholz, and Scrivener. Scrivener in 1856 fully collated Apocalypse. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. Formerly it was labelled by 178a, 242p, and 87r. In 1908 Gregory gave for it number 172.

It is currently housed at the Berlin State Library (Phill. 1461), at Berlin.

Minuscule 172

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