Minuscule 796 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ161 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3][4] Formerly it was designated by 796e, 263a, and 312p.[5]

Minuscule 796
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels, Acts, Epistles †
Date11th century
ScriptGreek
Now atNational Library of Greece
Size15.5 cm by 10.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
Categorynone
Note

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the New Testament except Apocalypse, on 319 parchment leaves (size 15.5 cm by 10.5 cm), with some lacunae.[3] It lacks texts of 2 Peter 3:14-1 John 2. Text of Hebrews 13:1-25 was supplied by a later hand on paper.[5]

The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.[5]

The text is written in one column per page, 34 lines per page.[3]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 240 sections, the last in 16:9). There is no references to the Eusebian Canons.[5]

It contains Eusebian tables, tables of the κεφαλαια, lectionary markings, incipits, Synaxarion (added by the 15th century hand), and pictures.[5] It contains subscriptions added by a later hand.[1]

Text edit

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Iκ.[6] Aland did not place it in any Category.[7]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represent the textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[6]

History edit

According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 11th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4]

The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.[8]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (796). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]

The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (160) in Athens.[3][4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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. 106.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 75.
  3. ^ a b c d Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 94. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 223.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b 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. 66. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
  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. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  8. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 219.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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