This investigation of the 10th century minuscule Codex 1582 in the Gospel of Matthew includes a description of the physical document and an extensive evaluation of the text it contains. The manuscript was copied by the monk Ephraim, who is known to scholars in various fields. The high quality of his work and of the documents which were available to him demonstrate that he carefully reproduced an exemplar which witnessed to an ancient and valuable text. The text and marginal variants of Codex 1582 are shown to be related, though not identical, to the text of Matthew used by Origen, raising the possibility of a Caesarean archetype. A full collation of Codex 1582 to Codex 1 demonstrates that 1582 should be the leading member, as well as the basis for the age and readings of Family 1 in Matthew. Test collations of twelve other supposed family members lead to a re-evaluation of the interrelationships of the documents and an expanded stemma of the family.

Contents

List of Plates

Acknowledgements

Introduction

I Physical Description Of Codex 1582

II The Scribe of Codex 1582

III The Corrector of Codex 1582

IV The Marginalia of Codex 1582

V Codex 1582 and the Text of Origen

VI Codex 1582 and Codex 1

VII Codex 1582 and Family 1 of the Gospels

Summary: Codex 1582 and Family 1 in Matthew

App. 1 Agreement of Origen with Codex 1582 and Others

App. 2 Results of the Test Chapter Collations

App. 3 The "Family Readings" Collation

Bibliography

Index