Minuscule 2815 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), α 253 (
Soden), formerly labelled as 2
ap in all catalogues, but subsequently renumbered by
Aland, is a Greek
minuscule
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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, dated
paleographically to the 12th century.
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the Acts of the Apostles, General epistles, and Pauline epistles, 216 parchment leaves (15 by 10 cm). Written in one column per page, 27 lines per page.[Kurt Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 212. ] Written on a parchment in an elegant minuscule
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. It contains short introduction to the books.[F. H. A. Scrivener, ''A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament'' (London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 284. ]
The Greek text of the Gospels is a representative of the Byzantine text-type
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. Hermann von Soden classified it as Ib1. Aland placed it in Category V. In Pauline epistles text is close to the codices 206, 429, 522
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and 1891.
In 1 Corinthians 2:14 it reads πνευματος (omit του θεου) along with Minuscule 216
Minuscule 216 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 469 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1358.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griech ...
, 255
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, 330
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, 440
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, 451
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, 823
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Emperor Michael II defeats the rebel forces under Thomas the Sla ...
, 1827, and syrp.
In Hebrews 12:20 it has additional reading η βολιδι κατατοξευθησεται.
History of the codex
The manuscript belonged to the Preaching Friars, then to Amerbach, a printer of Basle.[
This codex was used by ]Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...
in his first edition of his ''Novum Testamentum
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Publications established in 1956
Brill Publishers academic journals
Quarterly journals
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'' (1516). In result its readings became a basis for the Textus Receptus
''Textus Receptus'' (Latin: "received text") refers to all printed editions of the Greek New Testament from Erasmus's ''Novum Instrumentum omne'' (1516) to the 1633 Elzevir edition. It was the most commonly used text type for Protestant deno ...
. Erasmus grounded on this copy, and he calls it ''exemplar mire castigatum''. His binder cut off a considerable part of the margin.[
It was examined by ]Mill
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.[
NA27 cited it only in 1 Cor 11,23.][Kurt Aland, "Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit", Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXVII.]
The codex is located now at the Basel University Library
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(Cod. A.N.IV.4), at Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
.
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules (2001–)
* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
* Hermann von Soden, "Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte", Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902-1910.
* C. C. Tarelli, "Erasmus’s Manuscripts of the Gospels", '' JTS'' XLIV (1943), 155-162.
External links
At the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
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Greek New Testament minuscules
12th-century biblical manuscripts