Minuscule 799 Explained

Minuscule 799 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε196 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3] [4]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 366 parchment leaves (size).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 18-20 lines per page.[3]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages (with a Harmony). There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections, the last section in 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons.[5]

It contains liturgical books: Synaxarion and Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels, and numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι.[5] It contains subscriptions added by a later hand.[1]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixed text in Luke 1, mixed Byzantine text in Luke 10, and represent the textual family Kx in Luke 20. It belongs to the textual subgroup 35.[7]

It lacks Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[5]

History

According to C. R. Gregory the manuscript was written in the 12th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4] The manuscript was bought in 1878 by Gregorius Papadopoulos from Agrypolei.[5]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (799). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]

The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (117) in Athens.[3] [4]

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Soden, von, Hermann. Hermann, Freiherr von Soden. Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. 1. 1902. Verlag von Alexander Duncker. Berlin. 146.
  2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 75.
  3. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 94 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  4. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 16 November 2010. Münster.
  5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 223 .
  6. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 66 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .