Minuscule 891 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε427 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper, with a commentary. It has not survived in complete condition.

Minuscule 891
New Testament manuscript
NameGr. Z. 32 (689)
TextGospels, Paul
Date14th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBiblioteca Marciana
Size34.5 cm by 24.5 cm
TypeByzantine
Categorynone
Notemarginalia

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels and the Pauline epistles, with a commentary, on 474 paper leaves (size 34.5 cm by 24.5 cm).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 42 lines per page.[3][4]

The text of the Gospels is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. There are no τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.[5] It has not Epistle to the Hebrews.[5]

Text edit

The Greek Kurt Aland did not placed in any Category.[6]

It was not examined according to the Claremont Profile Method.[7]

It contains the text of the Pericope Adulterae.[8]

History edit

According to C. R. Gregory it was written in the 14th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[4]

Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (891e 318p).[5][9] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 891 to it.[2]

It is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,[10] NA28[11]).

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z. 32 (689)), in Venice.[3][4]

See also edit

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. 268.
  2. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 78.
  3. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 100. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 230.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Soden, von, Hermann (1904). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 2. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 745.
  9. ^ 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. 275.
  10. ^ Aland, B.; Aland, K.; J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. Metzger, A. Wikgren (1993). The Greek New Testament (4 ed.). Stuttgart: United Bible Societies. p. 18*. ISBN 978-3-438-05110-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Nestle, Eberhard et Erwin; communiter ediderunt: B. et K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger (2001). Novum Testamentum Graece (27 ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. p. 812. ISBN 978-3-438-05100-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Further reading edit

  • A. Michael, Studia evangelica V, Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literaturblatt 103 (Berlin, 1968).

External links edit

  • "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 22 February 2013.