Minuscule 865 Explained

Minuscule 865 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A⁵⁰² (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 15th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. The manuscript has complex context, no marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 123 paper leaves (size), with a catena. It has some lacunae (John 18:10-21:25). The text is written in one column per page, 29 lines per page.^{[3] [4]} The biblical text is surrounded by a catena. The commentary is of Chrysostom's authorship.^[5] The text was corrected.^[1]

Text

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.^[6]

History

C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 15th century.^[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.^[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (865^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.^[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 1472), in Rome.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 864

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 228 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 25 March 2011. Münster.
• 248 images of the codex

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. 257.
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 . 98 . 3-11-011986-2 .
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 23 March 2011. Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 228 .
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.