Minuscule 794 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), δ454 (
von Soden),
is a
Greek minuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
manuscript of the
New Testament written on paper.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.
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at the Münster Institute
Description
The
codex
The codex (plural codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term ''codex'' is often used for ancient manuscript books, with ...
contains the text of the four
Gospels,
Book of Acts
The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message ...
,
Catholic epistles
The catholic epistles (also called the general epistlesEncarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "katholieke brieven". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.) are seven epistles of the New Testament. Listed in order of their appearance in ...
, and
Pauline epistles
The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest extan ...
on 269
paper leaves (size ), with some
lacunae.
[ The later hand supplied texts of Matthew 1:1-9:19; 1 Timothy 5:4-Philemon. It lacks Romans 1:1-7.17-23.][
The text is written in one column per page, 32 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 (ends on 67 in Mark). There is no references to the Eusebian Canons.]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. 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 Kx.[ Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents mixed Byzantine text in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It belongs to the textual cluster ]183
Year 183 ( CLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Victorinus (or, less frequently, year 936 ''Ab urbe ...
.[
The text of Hebrews was copied twice, once by the original hand, and a second time by the later scribe who had taken over the copying at 2 Timothy. Not realizing the first scribe had already copied Hebrews, the second scribe copied it again.
]
History
According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 14th 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 14th century.[
The manuscript was noticed in catalogue from 1876.]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
* Textual criticism
* Minuscule 793
Minuscule 793 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε463 ( von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has complex contents.
References
Further reading
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Greek New Testament minuscules
14th-century biblical manuscripts
Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece