Minuscule 888 Explained

Minuscule 888 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε430 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper, with a commentary. The codex has an unusual order of the Gospels. The manuscript was prepared for liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, with a commentary, on 307 paper leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 47 lines per page.^{[3] [4]} The Gospels follow in an unusual order: Matthew, John, Mark and Luke (as 594).

The text of the Gospels 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) at the top of the pages. It contains Prolegomena, tables of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.

Folios 1-63 contain a commentary to the Prophets by Theophylact of Ohrid.^[5] It contains some additional non-biblical matter at the end.

Text

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

History

According to C. R. Gregory it was written in the 14th or 15th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (888^e)^[8] and Gregory (888^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.

It is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,^[9] NA28^[10]). Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z. 26 (340)), in Venice.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 889

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 230 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 21 February 2013. 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. 269.
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 . 21 February 2012 . Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 230 .
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 . 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 . 275 .
9. Book: Aland, B.. Aland. K.. J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. Metzger, A. Wikgren. The Greek New Testament. 4. United Bible Societies . Stuttgart. 1993. 18*. 978-3-438-05110-3.
10. Book: Nestle, Eberhard et Erwin. communiter ediderunt: B. et K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger . Novum Testamentum Graece. 27. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft . Stuttgart. 2001. 812. 978-3-438-05100-4.