Minuscule 782 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε466 ( von Soden), is a

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of the

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written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has complex contents.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute

Description

The

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contains the text of the four

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s, on 277

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leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their (''titles'') at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233 Sections, last in 16:8), without references to the

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. It contains tables of the before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (later hand), liturgical books (

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and

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Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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Hermann von Soden Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist. Life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...

classified it to the textual family K^x. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the

Claremont Profile Method The Claremont Profile Method is a method for classifying ancient manuscripts of the Bible. It was elaborated by Ernest Cadman Colwell and his students. Professor Frederik Wisse attempted to establish an accurate and rapid procedure for the classif ...

it represents the textual cluster 1001 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. In John 8:8 it has reading ἔγραφεν εἰς τὴν γῆν ἕνος ἑκάστου αὐτῶν τὰς ἁμαρτίας (''wrote on the ground the sins of every one of them''). The reading is supported by the manuscripts:

Codex Nanianus Uncial 030, designated by siglum U or 030 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 90 ( von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament on parchment, dated palaeographically to the 9th century. The manuscript has complex contents, wit ...

, 73,

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, 364,

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, 1592, some

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, and Armenian manuscripts.

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the

INTF The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (german: Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its G ...

to the 12th century. Formerly it was housed in the monastery μεγαλων πυλων 16. The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (782). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. The manuscript is now housed at the

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(81) in

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External links

Colour scans of Minuscule 782
at the

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 782 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece

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