Minuscule 893 Explained

Minuscule 893 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Ν^μ2 (von Soden),^[1] is a 12th-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 Gospel of Matthew, with a commentary, on 484 paper leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.^{[2] [3]} The manuscript was damaged by humidity.

It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (lists of contents) before the Gospel.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.^[5]

History

According to C. R. Gregory it was written in the 12th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.

It was once held in S. Michael in Muriano.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (893^e).^[6]

It is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,^[7] NA28^[8]).

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I,61 (1201)), in Venice.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• 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 . 22 February 2013 . 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 . 100 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 22 February 2012 . Münster.
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 230 .
5. 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.
6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 275 .
7. 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.
8. 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.