Minuscule 885 Explained

Minuscule 885 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering),^[1] is a 15th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke, and Gospel of John, with a commentary, on 486 paper leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 29 lines per page.^{[2] [3]}

The manuscript is lacunose in Gospel of Luke and in Gospel of John. The original manuscript contained also the Gospel of Matthew.^{[4] [5]}

Text

The Greek text of the codex Kurt Aland did not place in any Category.^[6]

It was not examined according to the Claremont Profile Method.^[7]

History

According to F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory it was written in the 15th century. Henry Stevenson dated it to the 14th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.^[3]

It once belonged to Jerome Vignier († 1661) along with another manuscript formerly listed as minuscule 104^e.^[8] 104^e was delisted by Gregory in 1908.^[9]

The manuscript was described by Henry Stevenson.^[10] Gregory saw it in 1886.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (697^e),^[5] Gregory (885^e).

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Reg. gr. 5), in Rome.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 884

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 229 .
• Henry Stevenson, Codices manuscripti Graeci Reginae Svecorum et Pii Pp. II. Bibliothecae Vaticanae, descripti praeside I.B. Cardinali Pitra, Rom 1888, p. 4.

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 5 September 2012. Münster.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 78.
2. 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 .
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 5 September 2012 . Münster.
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 229 .
5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 267 .
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: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 152 .
9. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 52.
10. Henry Stevenson described also minuscule manuscripts: 154, 884, 886, 887.