Minuscule 821 Explained

Minuscule 821 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), C^ι60 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 16th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper, with a commentary.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John, with a commentary, on 281 paper leaves (size).

The text is written in one column per page, 30 lines per page.^{[3] [4]}

The same manuscript contains also a catena to the Book of Genesis (folios 1-261).^{[1] [5]}

Text

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.^[6]

History

C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 16th century.^[5] It has been assigned to the 16th century on palaeographic grounds by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research.^{[3] [4]}

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (821^e).^[5]

The manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Nacional de España (4673, fol. 262-542) in Madrid.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 822
• Minuscule 823

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . 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. 259.
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 . 95 . 3-11-011986-2 .
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 23 January 2011 . Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 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 . 134, 139 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.