Minuscule 814 Explained

Minuscule 814 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 13th century.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on paper leaves (size). Number of the leaves is unknown. It had some lacunae (John 20:10-21:25).

The text is written in one column per page, 43 lines per page.^{[1] [2]}

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. It contained a commentary (in Mark of Victorinus of Pettau, in Luke of Titus of Bostra).^[3]

The textual character of the codex is unknown because no one examined its readings.^{[4] [5]}

History

The manuscript was dated by Gregory to the 13th century.^[3]

The manuscript was found in Corfu by C. R. Gregory in 1886.^[3] It belonged to Archbishop Eustathius.^{[1] [6]}

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (814^e).^[3]

The manuscript was lost. Actual owner of the manuscript and place of its housing is unknown.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 813

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 95 . 3-11-011986-2 .
2. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 16 November 2010 . Münster.
3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 224 .
4. 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.
5. 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 .
6. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 76.