Minuscule 881 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε51 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a 15th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. It has complex contents.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, with a commentary, on 523 paper leaves (size). The leaves were arranged in three volumes (171 + 171 + 181 leaves). The text is written in one column per page, 31 lines per page.[3] [4] It was written by two scribes. The commentary is of Theophylact's authorship.[5] [6] It has many marginal notes.
The Greek text of the codex Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.[7] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.[8]
According to F. H. A. Scrivener it was written in the 13th century, according to C. R. Gregory in the 15th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (707e, 708e, 709e),[6] Gregory (881e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]
It was examined and described by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini.[9]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Ottobonianus gr. 453, 454, 455), in Rome.[3] [4]
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 229 .
. 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. 269.
. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 78.
. 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 .
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 229 .
. Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 267 .
. 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.