Minuscule 868 Explained

Minuscule 868 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A⁷⁰¹ (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 17th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper, with a commentary. The manuscript has no complex context.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke on 624 paper leaves (size), with one lacuna. The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.^{[3] [4]} The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.^{[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 placed in Category V.^[7] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[8] Robert Devreesse suggested ("Chaînes Exégétiques Grecques," Dictionnaire de la Bible, Supplément 1 (1928)) that 868 was copied from 381.

History

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

Probably it was rewritten from minuscule 381.^[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (683^e)^[6] and Gregory (868^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.^[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 1933), in Rome.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 867

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. 29 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. 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. 29 March 2011. Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 228 .
6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . . 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 . 139 . 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 .