Minuscule 848 Explained

Minuscule 848 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε47 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has no complex content.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke on 442 parchment leaves (size), with a catena. The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.^{[3] [4]} The biblical text is surrounded by a catena, the commentary is of Theophylact's authorship.

It contains Prolegomena at the beginning and the tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before the Gospel.^{[5] [6]}

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category V.^[7] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family K^x in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 it has mixed text. It belongs to the textual pair with 1255.^[8]

History

F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th century,^[6] C. R. Gregory dated it to the 14th century.^[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.^[4]

The manuscript once belonged to Cardinal Domenico Passionei.^[5] It was examined and described (with a facsimile) by Giuseppe Bianchini.^[9]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (611^e)^[6] and Gregory (848^e). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.^[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Angelica (Ms. 21), in Rome.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 847

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 227 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 7 March 2011. Münster.

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. 266.
2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 77.
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. 24 February 2011. Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 227 .
6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 262 .
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 . 134, 139 . limited . 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 . 67 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
9. G. Bianchini, Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae seu veteris italicae (Rome, 1749), vol. 2, p. 563