Minuscule 914 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 383 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.

Minuscule 914
New Testament manuscript
TextActs, Cath, Paul
Date13th century
ScriptGreek
Now atEscurial
Size23 cm by 16.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the Book of Acts, Catholic epistles and Pauline epistles, on 344 parchment leaves (size 23 cm by 16.5 cm).[3][4]

The text is written in one column per page, and 18 lines per page.[3][4]

It has lacuna at the end. Some leaves of the codex were destroyed by fire.[5]

It contains lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading. The manuscript is ornamented.[2]

Text edit

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category V.[6] It means it is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.[7]

History edit

According to Scrivener and C. R. Gregory the manuscript was written in the 13th century.[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[4]

It was described by Miller R.[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (202a)[8] and Gregory (230a).[5] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 914 to it.[1]

It is currently housed in the Biblioteca de El Escorial (R. III. 4) in Escurial.[3][4]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 79.
  2. ^ 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. 231.
  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. 101. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c d "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 283.
  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. pp. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. ^ Aland, Kurt (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids. pp. 106, 159.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ 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. 299.

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