Family 1

Minuscule · f¹ · 10th–14th centuries

A group of related Greek manuscripts identified by Kirsopp Lake in 1902, named for minuscule 1, which Erasmus had in Basel. Its best member, 1582, was copied in 948. In Mark the group often agrees with Codex Koridethi. Several members put the story of the woman taken in adultery (John 7:53–8:11) after the end of John.

Contents

The Gospels (some members, the whole New Testament). The main members are 1, 118, 131, 209, and 1582.

Where It Is Kept

Minuscule 1: University Library, Basel (AN IV 2). Minuscule 1582: Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos.

Cited For

Minuscules are written in the small joined-up hand that replaced capitals from the 9th century on; most Greek manuscripts are minuscules. They are numbered 1, 2, 3, and so on. A family (f¹, f¹³) is a group copied from a common ancestor; ᵐᵍ means the reading is in the margin.