Scribal habits in sixth-century Greek Purple Codices / by Elijah Hixson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hixson, Elijah, 1985- author.

Series:

New Testament tools and studies ; 0077-8842. v. 61, (NL-LeOCL)850880793.

New Testament tools, studies and documents, 0077-8842 ; volume 61

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Codex purpureus Petropolitanus.

Codex purpureus Rossanensis.

Bible. Matthew--Greek--Codex purpureus Petropolitanus.

Bible.

Bible. Matthew--Greek--Codex Sinopensis.

Bible. Matthew--Greek--Codex purpureus Rossanensis.

Manuscripts, Greek.

Scribes--Byzantine Empire.

Scribes.

Byzantine Empire.

Codex Sinopensis.

Bible. Matthew.

Local Subjects:

Codex Sinopensis.

Physical Description:

xvi, 578 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Language Note:

Text in English with Greek in the appendices.

Summary:

"In 'Scribal Habits in Sixth-Century Greek Purple Codices', Elijah Hixson assesses the extent to which unique readings reveal the tendencies of the scribes who produced three luxury manuscripts of Matthew's Gospel. The manuscripts, 'Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus' (N 022), 'Codex Sinopensis' (O 023) and 'Codex Rossanensis' ([capital sigma] 042), were each copied in the sixth century from the same exemplar. Hixson compares the results of a modified singular readings method to the number of actual changes each scribe made. An edition of the lost exemplar and transcriptions of Matthew in each manuscript follow in the appendices. Of particular relevance to New Testament textual criticism is the observation that the singular readings method does not accurately reveal the habits of these three scribes." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of Figures, Plates and Tables

Abbreviations

Introduction to Purple Codices and the 022-023-042 Family

Introduction

Brief Descriptions of 022, 023 and 042

History of Research on the Purple Manuscripts as a Family

Do 022, 023 and 042 Constitute a Family?

Conclusion

Method and Methodology

Singular Readings Method : A Brief History

Criticisms of the Singular Readings Method

Alternative and Parallel Methods for Assessing Scribal Habits

Method and Modification

Comparing Scribes : Textual and Paratextual Features Where All Three Manuscripts Are Extant

Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus (N 022)

Codex Sinopensis (O 023)

Codex Rossanensis (... 042)

Observations on Each Aspect

Preliminary Conclusions about Each Scribe

Appendix to Chapter 3 : Unique Unit Divisions in 042

Singular and Family Readings in 022 Deviations from the Exemplar in 022

The Scribe of 022 and the Singular Readings Method

Singular and Family Readings in 023

Deviations from the Exemplar in 023

The Scribe of 023 and the Singular Readings Method

The Rossano Gospels (... 042)

Singular and Family Readings in 042

Deviations from the Exemplar in 042

The Scribe of 042 and the Singular Readings Method

Conclusions

The Scribes and Their Exemplar

The Singular Readings Method

Scribes as Editors?

022-023-042 and New Testament Textual Criticism

The Text of the Exemplar of 022, 023 and 042

Transcription of Matthew in 022

Transcription of 023

Transcription of Matthew in 042

Data for 042, Where Neither 022 nor 023 Is Extant

Reconstructions of the Structures of 022, 023 and 042

Kephalaia and titloi for Matthew in 022, 023 and 042

Bibliography

Index of Modern Authors2 Index of Subjects

Index of Scripture.

1. Introduction to Purple Codices and the 022-023-042 family

2. Method and methodology

3. Comparing scribes: Textual and paratextual features where all three manuscripts are extant

4. Codex Pupureus Petropolitanus (N 022)

5. Codex Sinopensis (O 023)

6. The Rossano Gospels (Σ 042)

7. Conclusions

Appendix 1: The Text of the Exemplar of 022, 023 and 042

Appendix 2: Transcription of Matthew in 022

Appendix 3: Transcription of 023

Appendix 4: Transcription of Matthew in 042

Appendix 5: Data for 042, Where Neither 022 nor 023 is Extant

Appendix 6: Reconstructions of the Structures of 022, 023 and 042

Appendix 7: Kephalaia and titloi for Matthew in 022, 023 and 042.

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (PhD)--University of Edinburgh, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 546-563) and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004399907

9004399909

OCLC:

1096342267