Minuscule 896 Explained

Minuscule 896 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering),^[1] is a 12th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It has marginalia. The manuscript has survived in complete condition.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 275 parchment leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.^{[2] [3]}

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 of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233 sections, the last section in Mark 16:8), whose numbers are given at the margin. There is no references to the Eusebian Canons.^[4]

The later hand added lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use) and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]].

Text

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

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual cluster 1167 in Luke 1, Luke 10 and Luke 20.^[6]

It does not contain the text of the Pericope Adulterae.

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 once belonged to one Nicolaus. Gregory saw it in 1883.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (896^e).^[7]

It is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,^[8] NA28^[9]).

The manuscript is housed at the Cambridge University Library (MS Add.6677), in Cambridge.

See also

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

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 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
6. 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 .
7. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 275 .
8. 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.
9. 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.