Minuscule 811 Explained

Minuscule 811 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε4005 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 289 parchment leaves (size).

The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.^{[3] [4]}

Some parts of the Gospel of Matthew are on paper.^[1]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5]

It was not examined by Hermann von Soden. According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixed Byzantine text in Luke 1 and represents textual family K^x in Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It is related to the textual cluster 1053 in Luke 1.^[6]

History

The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 13th century.^[4]

The scribe was Georgios, a priest. The manuscript was found in 1899.^[1] It came from Corfu, and was held in Biblical Archaeology Society in Athens.

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (811^e). Gregory did not see it.^[7]

The manuscript is now housed at the library of the National Library of Greece (2814) in Athens.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 809

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 224 .

External links

• Minuscule 811 at the National Library of Greece

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. 205.
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 . 16 November 2010 . Münster.
5. 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.
6. 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 .
7. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 224 .