Minuscule 844
Minuscule 844 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε505 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 15th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript is not complete.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 15th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | University of Padua |
| Size | 13.5 cm by 10.3 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | — |
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 232 parchment leaves (size 13.5 cm by 10.3 cm) with some lacunae[3] (Matthew 1:1–10; Mark 1:1–10; 15:4 [14:60]-16:20; Luke 1:1–12; John 1:1–16)[4] The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[3][5] It contains one fragment of Apostolos. The portraits of the Evangelists and the decorated headpieces were lost.[1]
The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given art the margin, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.[4]
It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and lectionary markings at the margin, Synaxarion, Menologion, and subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels.[1][4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[6] Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category V.[7] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents mixed text in Luke 1 (fragmentary), mixture of the Byzantine families in Luke 10, textual cluster 1519 in Luke 20.[6]
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53–8:11) is marked by an obelus.[4]
History
C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 15th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.[5]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (844e). It was examined by Oscar von Gebhardt in 1882.[4]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the University of Padua (Ms. 695), in Padua.[3][5]
References
- Soden, von, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 1. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. pp. 206–207.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 77.
- Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 96. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 226.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 67. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 226.
External links
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 1 March 2011.