Minuscule 849 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Κι60 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 17th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. The manuscript has no complex context.

Minuscule 849
New Testament manuscript
TextGospel of John
Date17th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
Size27.5 cm by 20.5 cm
Typemixed text-type / Alexandrian
CategoryIII
Notecommentary

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John (7:25-10:18) on 152 paper leaves (size 27.5 cm by 20.5 cm), with a catena. The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[3][4] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena, the commentary is of Cyril's authorship.[5][6]

Text edit

The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the text-types. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category III.[7]

History edit

F. H. A. Scrivener[6] and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 17th century.[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 17th century.[4]

Probably it was rewritten from minuscule 850 (12th century).[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (730e)[6] and Gregory (849e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Barb. gr. 495), in Rome.[3][4]

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References edit

  1. ^ 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. p. 249.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 77.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 227.
  6. ^ a b c Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 269.
  7. ^ 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. 134. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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