Minuscule 871 Explained

Minuscule 871 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 102 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition. It has some marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels with some lacunae (Matthew 28:11-20; John 1:1-36)^[1] on 164 parchment leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 29 lines per page.^{[3] [4] [5]} It has decorated head-pieces. According to Scrivener it is a beautiful copy.

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.^{[5] [6]}

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel (added later hand).^[5]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K^x. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.^[7] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual group 1519 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.^[8]

History

F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.^[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (687^e),^[6] Gregory (871^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.^[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 2117), in Rome.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 870

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 . 4 October 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. 138.
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. 7 October 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 . 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 . 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 .