Minuscule 879 Explained

Minuscule 879 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), N^λ68 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 16th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It has not complex contents.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Lukes 6,29-12,10 on 105 paper leaves (size), with a commentary. The text is written in one column per page, 28 lines per page.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Text

The Greek text of the codex Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.^[6] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[7]

History

According to F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory it was written in the 16th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 16th century.^[4] Probably it was rewritten from minuscule 853.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (704^e),^[8] Gregory (879^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.^[5]

It was examined and described by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini (like minuscule 878) and 880).^[9]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Ottob. gr. 100), in Rome.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 878

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 229 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 2 September 2012 . 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. 261.
2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 78.
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 . 2 September 2012 . Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 229 .
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 . 134, 139 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
7. 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 .
8. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 267 .
9. Book: Ernesto Feron . Fabiano Battaglini . Codices manuscripti Graeci Ottoboniani bibliothecae Vaticanae . 1893 . Rome . 2 . 60 .