Minuscule 818 Explained

Minuscule 818 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε419 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper, with a commentary.

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels, on 373 cotton paper leaves (size), with a commentary. The leaves are arranged in quarto (four leaves in quire).^[3] It has ornamented headpieces.^[1]

The text is written in one column per page, 32 lines per page.^{[4] [5]}

It contains a commentary of Theophylact.^[6]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[7]

It was not examined according to the Claremont Profile Method.^[8]

History

Emmanuel Miller and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century.^[6] It is presently assigned to the 14th century on palaeographic grounds by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research.

The manuscript was briefly described by Emmanuel Miller in 1848.^[3] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (818^e).

The manuscript is now housed in El Escorial (Ψ. III, 13).

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 226

Further reading

• Emmanuel Miller, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial (Paris 1848), p. 436.
• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 224 .

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. 268.
2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 76.
3. Emmanuel Miller, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial (Paris 1848), p. 436.
4. 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 .
5. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 16 November 2010 . Münster.
6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 224 .
7. 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.
8. 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 .