Needing Help with Erasmus Exemplar

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S Walch wrote: December 26th, 2018, 2:07 pm
Not quite sure on the professnionalism of the scribe of the manuscript in question. They seem to have had an issue with the word παρθένος, correcting themselves in both places that we see παρθένον/παρθένου. That is unless this is how later minuscule manuscripts wrote out the word (see prior comment regarding dealing mainly with uncial manuscripts).
The raised theta on παρθένον and παρθένου is surely not a correction but a deliberate abbreviation used by some scribes. Here is another example in GA 19: http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/ ... 240/10/339

I presume, given the reference to Mary, it comes in the category of nomina sacra.
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Tony Pope wrote: December 26th, 2018, 5:15 am This manuscript is a 12th century codex of the four gospels, housed in the University Library in Basel and known as GA 2 in the standard numbering system. There is an online colour image of the page at http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/ ... 20/10/2282

In 2016, the 500th anniversary of the first edition of Erasmus' NT, the University Library published a collection of articles as part of the celebrations. In an article on the various manuscripts Erasmus used, Dr Patrick Andrist notes that the markings in red were not made by Erasmus himself but by the typesetters, who were using this manuscript as the basis for the printed edition and made the marks to indicate their page breaks. Thus "119" presumably corresponds to page 119 in Erasmus' Novum Instrumentum.
Tony - if I may ask, where did you locate the info. in the last paragraph. This is very relevant data and I would like to be able to find these things myself (w.out having to burden anyone else :oops:).

Thanks again!
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Tony Pope wrote: December 27th, 2018, 3:59 amThe raised theta on παρθένον and παρθένου is surely not a correction but a deliberate abbreviation used by some scribes. Here is another example in GA 19: http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/ ... 240/10/339

I presume, given the reference to Mary, it comes in the category of nomina sacra.
Ah, thanks for that, Tony.

After looking at the image of GA 2 and not seeing any other correction like it (not to mention the missing ε as well), I had wondered whether the latter rather than the former of my comments regarding the reading was the correct way of seeing it. Especially with it being a reference to Mary's virginity.

Do you happen to know the earliest known usage of this in the manuscripts? Be interesting to see how far it goes.

As for classing it as a nomina sacra; think we reserve that for words with overbars. "Special Titles" (titles special) for things such as this maybe? :)
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Learning Minuscule

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R. Perkins wrote: December 27th, 2018, 5:10 am
Tony Pope wrote: December 26th, 2018, 5:15 am This manuscript is a 12th century codex of the four gospels, housed in the University Library in Basel and known as GA 2 in the standard numbering system. There is an online colour image of the page at http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/ ... 20/10/2282

In 2016, the 500th anniversary of the first edition of Erasmus' NT, the University Library published a collection of articles as part of the celebrations. In an article on the various manuscripts Erasmus used, Dr Patrick Andrist notes that the markings in red were not made by Erasmus himself but by the typesetters, who were using this manuscript as the basis for the printed edition and made the marks to indicate their page breaks. Thus "119" presumably corresponds to page 119 in Erasmus' Novum Instrumentum.
Tony - if I may ask, where did you locate the info. in the last paragraph. This is very relevant data and I would like to be able to find these things myself (w.out having to burden anyone else :oops:).

Thanks again!
I got this information from my own paper copy of the book Das bessere Bild Christi, for which I see Amazon charges a considerable price. (I bought it at an exhibition in Basel at a reasonable price.)

However, I have now found a brief mention in Scrivener's Plain Introduction, 4th ed., Vol 1, p. 191. https://archive.org/details/cu31924092355100/page/n249

S Walch wrote: December 27th, 2018, 5:44 am
Tony Pope wrote: December 27th, 2018, 3:59 amThe raised theta on παρθένον and παρθένου is surely not a correction but a deliberate abbreviation used by some scribes. Here is another example in GA 19: http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/ ... 240/10/339

I presume, given the reference to Mary, it comes in the category of nomina sacra.
Ah, thanks for that, Tony.

After looking at the image of GA 2 and not seeing any other correction like it (not to mention the missing ε as well), I had wondered whether the latter rather than the former of my comments regarding the reading was the correct way of seeing it. Especially with it being a reference to Mary's virginity.

Do you happen to know the earliest known usage of this in the manuscripts? Be interesting to see how far it goes.

As for classing it as a nomina sacra; think we reserve that for words with overbars. "Special Titles" (titles special) for things such as this maybe? :)
I had never come across this particular abbreviation myself, but I've had a bit of fun finding a few things out. Scrivener mentions it on p. 50 of his Plain Introduction, 4th ed., Vol 1.
https://archive.org/details/cu31924092355100/page/n83

The manuscript he refers to as Bodleian Genesis is an uncial, apparently 9th or 10th century. Here is a link to Tischendorf's facsimile of it, on line 3 of which the abbreviation occurs (from Genesis 24.55), showing an overline as well as the raised theta: https://archive.org/details/Tischendorf ... /page/n289

Even though those minuscule scribes didn't use an overline, I'm not sure it's worth inventing a separate category to describe this phenomenon.
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Paul-Nitz wrote: December 27th, 2018, 9:10 am Learning Minuscule

YouTube Videos about Minuscule by NativLang (Joshua Rudder)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GryhwMJ ... 6AD85AE80F

Book by Joshua Rudder $22 "Learn to Write the Medieval Greek Minuscule Script"
http://www.lulu.com/shop/joshua-rudder/ ... 39693.html
The Youtube video is really amazingly cool, very helpful.
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Paul-Nitz wrote: December 27th, 2018, 9:10 am Learning Minuscule

YouTube Videos about Minuscule by NativLang (Joshua Rudder)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GryhwMJ ... 6AD85AE80F

Book by Joshua Rudder $22 "Learn to Write the Medieval Greek Minuscule Script"
http://www.lulu.com/shop/joshua-rudder/ ... 39693.html
Excellent! This seems to indicate that medieval MSS have a bit of unique writing styles (?).

Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly does the author mean by “ligatures” :oops:?
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Tony Pope wrote: December 27th, 2018, 6:09 pm
R. Perkins wrote: December 27th, 2018, 5:10 am
Tony Pope wrote: December 26th, 2018, 5:15 am This manuscript is a 12th century codex of the four gospels, housed in the University Library in Basel and known as GA 2 in the standard numbering system. There is an online colour image of the page at http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/ ... 20/10/2282

In 2016, the 500th anniversary of the first edition of Erasmus' NT, the University Library published a collection of articles as part of the celebrations. In an article on the various manuscripts Erasmus used, Dr Patrick Andrist notes that the markings in red were not made by Erasmus himself but by the typesetters, who were using this manuscript as the basis for the printed edition and made the marks to indicate their page breaks. Thus "119" presumably corresponds to page 119 in Erasmus' Novum Instrumentum.
Tony - if I may ask, where did you locate the info. in the last paragraph. This is very relevant data and I would like to be able to find these things myself (w.out having to burden anyone else :oops:).

Thanks again!
I got this information from my own paper copy of the book Das bessere Bild Christi, for which I see Amazon charges a considerable price. (I bought it at an exhibition in Basel at a reasonable price.)

However, I have now found a brief mention in Scrivener's Plain Introduction, 4th ed., Vol 1, p. 191. https://archive.org/details/cu31924092355100/page/n249

S Walch wrote: December 27th, 2018, 5:44 am
Tony Pope wrote: December 27th, 2018, 3:59 amThe raised theta on παρθένον and παρθένου is surely not a correction but a deliberate abbreviation used by some scribes. Here is another example in GA 19: http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/ ... 240/10/339

I presume, given the reference to Mary, it comes in the category of nomina sacra.
Ah, thanks for that, Tony.

After looking at the image of GA 2 and not seeing any other correction like it (not to mention the missing ε as well), I had wondered whether the latter rather than the former of my comments regarding the reading was the correct way of seeing it. Especially with it being a reference to Mary's virginity.

Do you happen to know the earliest known usage of this in the manuscripts? Be interesting to see how far it goes.

As for classing it as a nomina sacra; think we reserve that for words with overbars. "Special Titles" (titles special) for things such as this maybe? :)
I had never come across this particular abbreviation myself, but I've had a bit of fun finding a few things out. Scrivener mentions it on p. 50 of his Plain Introduction, 4th ed., Vol 1.
https://archive.org/details/cu31924092355100/page/n83

The manuscript he refers to as Bodleian Genesis is an uncial, apparently 9th or 10th century. Here is a link to Tischendorf's facsimile of it, on line 3 of which the abbreviation occurs (from Genesis 24.55), showing an overline as well as the raised theta: https://archive.org/details/Tischendorf ... /page/n289

Even though those minuscule scribes didn't use an overline, I'm not sure it's worth inventing a separate category to describe this phenomenon.
Thanks much Tony. Will look into these links.
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R. Perkins wrote: December 28th, 2018, 4:04 am Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly does the author mean by “ligatures” ?
"The minuscule script is a joined-up or cursive script. As in other cursive scripts, letters attach to each other in a variety of ways. These connections between letters are known as ligatures... Keep in mind that the amount and type of ligatures varies from manuscript to manuscript" (Rudder, 2011, p. 48).


(Rudder, 2011, p. 49).

Rudder, J. (2011). Learn to write the medieval Greek minuscule script. Retrieved from http://www.lulu.com/shop/joshua-rudder/ ... 39693.html
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Paul-Nitz wrote: December 28th, 2018, 11:21 am
R. Perkins wrote: December 28th, 2018, 4:04 am Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly does the author mean by “ligatures” ?
"The minuscule script is a joined-up or cursive script. As in other cursive scripts, letters attach to each other in a variety of ways. These connections between letters are known as ligatures... Keep in mind that the amount and type of ligatures varies from manuscript to manuscript" (Rudder, 2011, p. 48).


(Rudder, 2011, p. 49).

Rudder, J. (2011). Learn to write the medieval Greek minuscule script. Retrieved from http://www.lulu.com/shop/joshua-rudder/ ... 39693.html
Thanks much Paul. The ligatures was precisely why I couldn’t read the MS. Excellent.
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