Minuscule 880 Explained

Minuscule 880 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε526 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 15th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. It has survived in complete condition.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 355 paper leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 17 lines per page.^{[3] [4]}

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, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.^[5]

It contains pictures^{[5] [6]} and the large decorated initial letters at the beginning of each Gospel. It has lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading. According to F. H. A. Scrivener it is "a fine Evangelium".

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.^[7] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family K^x in Luke 1, Luke 10 and Luke 20. It belongs to the textual cluster 17.^[8]

History

The manuscript is commonly dated by former (F. H. A. Scrivener, C. R. Gregory) and present palaeographers (Aland) to the 15th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.^[4] It was written by George Hermonymus, the Spartan, who settled at Paris in 1472. In Paris Hermonymus was a scribe, scholar and lecturer. He was a teacher for Reuchlin and Budeus.^[9]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (705^e),^[6] Gregory (880^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.^[5]

It was examined and described by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini^[10] (along with minuscule 386 and 878).

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Ottobonianus gr. 208), in Rome.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 879

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 229 .
• Book: Ernesto Feron . Fabiano Battaglini . Codices manuscripti Graeci Ottoboniani bibliothecae Vaticanae . Ex Typographeo Vaticana . 1893 . Roma . 2 . 122 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 3 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. 208.
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 . 3 September 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 .
9. Book: Sathas, Kōnstantinos N. . Νεοελληνική Φιλολογία, Βιογραφίαι των εν τοις γράμμασι διαλαμψάντων Ελλήνων από της καταλύσεως της Βυζαντινής Αυτοκρατορίας μέχρι της Ελληνικής Εθνεγερσίας 1453-1821 . Athens . 1868 . 67–69.
10. Book: Ernesto Feron . Fabiano Battaglini . Codices manuscripti Graeci Ottoboniani bibliothecae Vaticanae . Ex Typographeo Vaticana . 1893 . Roma . 2 . 122 .