Minuscule 809 Explained

Minuscule 809 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A149 (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.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 284 parchment leaves (size).

The text is written in one column per page, 18-20 lines per page.[3] [4] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.

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 of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233, the last section in 16:8), with references to the Eusebian Canons.[5]

It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, Prolegomena, list of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each of the Gospels, and Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις.[5]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]

It was not examined according to the Claremont Profile Method.[7]

History

According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 11th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (809e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]

The manuscript is now housed at the library of the National Library of Greece (2364) in Athens.[3] [4]

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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. 106.
  2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 76.
  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 . 14 April 2013 . Münster.
  5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 224 .
  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 . 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 .