Minuscule 850 Explained

Minuscule 850 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Κ^ι20 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 12th-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 John (7:25-10:18) on 381 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 Cyril's authorship.^{[5] [6]}

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type.^[7] Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.^[8]

History

F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 10th century,^[6] C. R. Gregory dated it to the 12th century.^[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.^[4]

The manuscript once belonged to the Jesuits' Collegium in Paris as a gift from Octavio Bulgarini. Then it belonged to Barberini. Minuscule 849 (17th century) probably was rewritten from this manuscript.^[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (729^e)^[6] and Gregory (850^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.^[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Barb. gr. 504), in Rome.^{[3] [4]}

See also

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

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 . 9 March 2011. Münster.
• Minuscule 504 at the DigiVatLib

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 . 268 .
7. [David Alan Black]
8. 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.