Minuscule 854 Explained

Minuscule 854 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε39 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. The manuscript has complex content.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 467 paper leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 28 lines per page.^{[3] [4]}

It contains a commentary of Theophylact's authorship.^{[5] [6]}

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type with a mixture of other text-types. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.^[7]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual cluster 2148 in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 it represents textual family K^x.^[8]

History

According to the colophon the manuscript was written in 1286.^[3]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (666^e)^[6] and C. R. Gregory (854^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.^[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 641), in Rome.^{[3] [4]}

See also

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

Similar manuscripts

• Minuscule 855
• Minuscule 856

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 . 10 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. 264.
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 . 97 . 3-11-011986-2 .
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 10 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 . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 266 .
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 .