Minuscule 848 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε47 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has no complex content.

Minuscule 848
New Testament manuscript
TextGospel of Luke
Date14th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBiblioteca Angelica
Size24.3 cm by 18 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Notecommentary

Description

edit

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke on 442 parchment leaves (size 24.3 cm by 18 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 Theophylact's authorship.[5]

It contains Prolegomena at the beginning and the tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before the Gospel.[6][5]

Text

edit

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category V.[7] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 it has mixed text. It belongs to the textual pair with 1255.[8]

History

edit

F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th century,[5] C. R. Gregory dated it to the 14th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[4]

The manuscript once belonged to Cardinal Domenico Passionei.[6] It was examined and described (with a facsimile) by Giuseppe Bianchini.[9]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (611e)[5] and Gregory (848e). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[6]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Angelica (Ms. 21), in Rome.[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. 266.
  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 24 February 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 262.
  6. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 227.
  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. pp. 134, 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ G. Bianchini, Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae seu veteris italicae (Rome, 1749), vol. 2, p. 563

Further reading

edit
edit