Minuscule 834 Explained

Minuscule 834 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε422 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has complex contents.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 287 parchment leaves (size). The text is written in two columns per page, 43 lines per page.^{[3] [4]}

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of Matthew, versification in Luke.

It contains a commentary of Theophylact.^[5]

Text

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

It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[7]

According to Gregory it could be rewritten from minuscule 835.^[5]

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century.^[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.^[4]

The manuscript was examined and described by Angelo Maria Bandini. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (834^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.^[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei XI. 6), in Florence.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Minuscule 833
• Minuscule 835
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 226 .
• Angelo Bandini, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum, latinorum, italicorum etc, Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (Florence 1767-1778), p. 501.

External links

• Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Catalogo Aperto
• Images at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana

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. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 96 . 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 . 226 .
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 . limited . 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 . 67 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .