# Minuscule 216

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{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form   = Minuscule
| number = '''216'''
| image  =
| isize  =
| caption=
| name   = 
| sign   = 
| text   = [Acts](/source/Acts_of_the_Apostles), [Paul](/source/Pauline_epistles)
| script = [Greek](/source/Greek_language)
| date   = '''1358'''
| found  = 
| now at = [Lambeth Palace](/source/Lambeth_Palace)
| cite   = 
| size   = {{×|25.5|17.5}}
| type   = 
| cat    = none
| hand   = beautifully written
| note   = many corrections <br /> [marginalia](/source/marginalia)
}}

'''Minuscule 216''' (in the [Gregory-Aland](/source/Biblical_manuscript) numbering), α 469 ([Soden](/source/Biblical_manuscript)),<ref name = Gregory1908>{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n65/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=55}}</ref> is a [Greek](/source/Greek_language) [minuscule](/source/Lower_case) [manuscript](/source/manuscript) of the [New Testament](/source/New_Testament), on paper. It is dated by a [colophon](/source/Colophon_(publishing)) to the year 1358.<ref name = Aland>K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''[Walter de Gruyter](/source/Walter_de_Gruyter)'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 60.</ref> It has [marginalia](/source/marginalia).

== Description ==
The codex contains the text of the [Acts](/source/Acts_of_the_Apostles), [Catholic](/source/Catholic_epistles), and [Pauline epistles](/source/Pauline_epistles) on 236 paper leaves (size {{×|25.5|17.5}}), with some [lacunae](/source/Lacuna_(manuscripts)) (1 Corinthians 11:7-27; 1 Timothy 4:1-5.8).<ref name = Aland/> The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/>

The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages.<ref name = Gregory/>

It contains prolegomena, journeys of Paul (as in [102](/source/Minuscule_102), [206](/source/Minuscule_206), [256](/source/Minuscule_256), [468](/source/Minuscule_468), [614](/source/Minuscule_614), [665](/source/Minuscule_665), [912](/source/Minuscule_912_(Gregory-Aland))), tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''tables of contents'') before each book, liturgical book [synaxarion](/source/synaxarion), subscriptions at the end of each book, and lectionary equipment at the margin.<ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book
 | last = Gregory
 | first = Caspar René
 | author-link = Caspar René Gregory
 | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
 | publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
 | year = 1900
 | location = Leipzig
 | volume = 1
 | page = 281
 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n293/mode/2up
 }}</ref>  
It is beautifully written, with numerous corrections made by later hand.<ref>{{Cite book
 | last       = Scrivener
 | first      = Frederick Henry Ambrose
 | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
 |author2=Edward Miller
 | title      = [A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament](/source/A_Plain_Introduction_to_the_Criticism_of_the_New_Testament)
 | publisher  = [George Bell & Sons](/source/George_Bell_%26_Sons)
 | year       = 1894
 | location   = London
 | edition    = 4
 | page       = 297
 | volume     = 1
 }}</ref>

According to the subscription at the end of the [Epistle to the Romans](/source/Epistle_to_the_Romans), the Letter was written προς Ρωμαιους εγραφη απο Κορινθου δια Φοιβης της διακονου; the same subscription have manuscripts: [42](/source/Minuscule_42), [90](/source/Minuscule_90), [339](/source/Minuscule_339), [462](/source/Minuscule_462), [466](/source/Minuscule_466), [642](/source/Minuscule_642);<ref>Bruce M. Metzger, ''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament'' (2001), p. 477.</ref>

== Text ==
[Kurt Aland](/source/Kurt_Aland) the Greek text of the codex did not place in any [Category](/source/Categories_of_New_Testament_manuscripts).<ref>{{Cite book
 | last = Aland
 | first = Kurt
 | author-link = Kurt Aland
 | last2 = Aland
 | first2 = Barbara
 | author-link2 = Barbara Aland
 | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
 | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
 | publisher = [William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company](/source/William_B._Eerdmans_Publishing_Company)
 | year = 1995
 | location = Grand Rapids
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n154 132], 138
 | url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
 | url-access = limited
 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref>

In 1 Corinthians 2:14 it reads πνευματος (omit του θεου) along with [2](/source/Minuscule_2), [255](/source/Minuscule_255), [330](/source/Minuscule_330), [440](/source/Minuscule_440), [451](/source/Minuscule_451), [823](/source/Minuscule_823), 1827, and syr<sup>p</sup>.<ref>UBS3, p. 583.</ref>

== History ==
The manuscript was written by Theophanes.<ref name = Gregory/> It was examined by Scrivener and [C. R. Gregory](/source/C._R._Gregory).<ref name = Gregory/>

It is currently housed at the [Lambeth Palace](/source/Lambeth_Palace) (1183), at [London](/source/London).<ref name = Aland/>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Bible}}
* [List of New Testament minuscules](/source/List_of_New_Testament_minuscules)
* [Biblical manuscript](/source/Biblical_manuscript)
* [Textual criticism](/source/Textual_criticism)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* [F. H. A. Scrivener](/source/F._H._A._Scrivener), ''An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis'' (Cambridge and London, 1859), pp.&nbsp;57–58.

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