Minuscule 877 Explained

Minuscule 877 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε204 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a 12th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It has complex contents.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 218 parchment leaves (size). The text is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.[3] [4] According to F. H. A. Scrivener it is "a splendid codex".

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. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.[5]

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, prolegomena, tables of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and number of verses at the end of each Gospel.[5] [6] According to Hermann von Soden it has lectionary markings.[1]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.[7] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates textual pair with 439.[8]

History

The manuscript is dated by the colophon to the year 1197.[3] [4] It was written by a monk, Athanasius, at the suggestion of Johannicius.[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (694e),[6] Gregory (877e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 2290), in Rome.[3] [4]

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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. 153.
  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 . 99 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 26 July 2012 . Münster.
  5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 229 .
  6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 267 .
  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 .