Minuscule 890 Explained

Minuscule 890 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε426 (von Soden),^{[1] [2]} is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper, with a commentary. It was prepared for liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, with a commentary, on 397 paper leaves (size). The text is written in two columns per page, 38 lines per page.^{[3] [4]} The commentary is of Theophylact's authorship.^[5] After biblical books it has liturgical books with hagiographies: Synaxarion and Menologion.

The text of the Gospels is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. There are no Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. It contains tables of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and subscriptions with numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]] at the end of each Gospel.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.^[6] It was not examined according to the Claremont Profile Method.^[7] It contains the text of the Pericope Adulterae.^[8]

History

According to C. R. Gregory it was written in the 14th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century. The manuscript once belonged to Cardinal Bessarion, who presented it to the city of Venice. Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z. 31 (321)), in Venice.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (890^e)^[9] and Gregory (890^e). Gregory saw it in 1886. It is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,^[10] NA28^[11]).

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 889
• Minuscule 891

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. 268.
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 . 100 . 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 . 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 . limited . 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: Soden, von, Hermann. Hermann, Freiherr von Soden. Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. 2. 1904. Verlag von Alexander Duncker. Berlin. 745.
9. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 275 .
10. 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.
11. 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.