Minuscule 916 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Οπρ20 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a 12th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.
The codex contains the text of the Book of Acts, on 32 parchment leaves (size) with lacuna after Acts 10:47.
The text is written in one column per page, and 15-25 lines per page.[3] [4]
It contains lectionary markings at the margin and scholia (since Acts 1:1 to 7:60).[5]
The original manuscript contained complete text of the Book of Acts and Catholic epistles.
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category V.[6] It means it is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.[7]
According to C. R. Gregory the manuscript was written in the 12th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.
It was described by Montana, who sent a description to Mr. Kelly.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (204a)[8] and Gregory (232a). In 1908 Gregory gave the number 916 to it.
It is currently housed in the Biblioteca de El Escorial (C. III. 3) in Escurial.
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 283 .
. Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . 1908 . J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . Leipzig . 79.
. 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 . 273.
. Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 101 . 3-11-011986-2 .
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 283 .
. 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.
. Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 299 .