Minuscule 849 Explained

Minuscule 849 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Κι60 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a 17th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. The manuscript has no complex context.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John (7:25-10:18) on 152 paper 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 Cyril's authorship.[5] [6]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the text-types. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category III.[7]

History

F. H. A. Scrivener[6] and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 17th century.[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 17th century.[4]

Probably it was rewritten from minuscule 850 (12th century).[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (730e)[6] and Gregory (849e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Barb. gr. 495), in Rome.[3] [4]

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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. 249.
  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. 9 March 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 . 269 .
  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 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.