Minuscule 917 Explained

Minuscule 917 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α264 (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.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Book of Acts, Catholic epistles and Pauline epistles, on 137 parchment leaves (size).

The text is written in one column per page, and 36 lines per page.^{[3] [4] [5]}

It contains lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical ruse.

Text

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category III in the Pauline epistles, and in Category V elsewhere.^[6] It means it is a representative of the Byzantine text-type in the Pauline epistles. In the rest of books of the New Testament its text is of higher quality.^[7]

History

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 description to Mr. Kelly.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (205^a)^[8] and Gregory (233^a, 473^p). In 1908 Gregory gave the number 917 to it.

It is currently housed in the Biblioteca de El Escorial (C. III. 10) in Escurial.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 283 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 31 May 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 . 79.
2. 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 . 227.
3. Book: Aland , Kurt . 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 .
4. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 31 May 2013 . Münster.
5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 283 .
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 . 134 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
7. Book: Aland , Kurt . 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 . 106, 159.
8. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 299 .