Minuscule 846 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), Ν
λ29 (
von Soden),
is a 14th-century
Greek minuscule
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manuscript of the
New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has no complex content.
Description
The
codex
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contains the text of the
Gospel of Luke (6:32-12:17) on 343 parchment leaves (size ), with a
catena
Catena (Latin for chain) or catenae (plural) may refer to:
Science
* ''Catena'' (fly), a genus in the family Tachinidae
*Catena (linguistics) is a unit of syntax and morphology, closely associated with dependency grammars
* Catena (computing), nu ...
. The text is written in one column per page, 31 lines per page.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the
Byzantine text-type.
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...
the Greek text of the codex placed in
Category V.
It was not examined by the
Claremont Profile Method.
History
C. R. Gregory
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* Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years
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* Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...
dated the manuscript to the 14th century.
[ Currently the manuscript is 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.[
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Angelica (Ms. 100), in Rome.][
]
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 847
Minuscule 847 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a 12th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has no complex content.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel ...
* Minuscule 853 – similar manuscript
References
Further reading
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External links
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Greek New Testament minuscules
14th-century biblical manuscripts