Minuscule 887
Minuscule 887 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering),[1] is an 11th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment, with a commentary.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Cod. Regin. grec. 9 |
|---|---|
| Text | Gospel of John |
| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Vatican Library |
| Size | 34.6 cm by 24.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine |
| Category | V |
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John, with a commentary, on 197 parchment leaves (size 34.6 cm by 24.5 cm).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 38 lines per page.[2][3][4][5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
History
According to F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory it was written in the 11th century. Henry Stevenson dated it to the 10th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[3]
It once belonged to Matariotes, a metropolitan.[4] The manuscript was described by Henry Stevenson.[7] Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (699e),[5] Gregory (887e).[4]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Reg. gr. 9), in Rome.[2][3]
References
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 78.
- Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 99. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 230.
- Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 267.
- 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.
- Henry Stevenson described also minuscule manuscripts: 154, 884, 885, 886.
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 230.
- Henry Stevenson, Codices manuscripti Graeci Reginae Svecorum et Pii Pp. II. Bibliothecae Vaticanae, descripti praeside I.B. Cardinali Pitra, Rom 1888, pp. 7-8.
External links
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 February 2013.