Minuscule 880 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε526 ( von Soden), is a 15th-century 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 on paper. It has survived in complete condition.

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 on 355 paper leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 17 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, but without references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains pictures and the large decorated initial letters at the beginning of each Gospel. It has lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading. According to F. H. A. Scrivener it is "a fine Evangelium".

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 ...

placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family K^x in Luke 1, Luke 10 and Luke 20. It belongs to the textual cluster 17.

History

The manuscript is commonly dated by former ( F. H. A. Scrivener,

C. R. Gregory C. or c. may refer to: * Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years * Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies * Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...

) and present palaeographers (Aland) to the 15th 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 15th century. It was written by

George Hermonymus George Hermonymus ( el, Γεώργιος Ἑρμώνυμος; born before 1435; died after 1503), also known as Hermonymus of Sparta, was a 15th-century Greek scribe, diplomat, scholar and lecturer. He was the first person to teach Greek at the C ...

, the Spartan, who settled at Paris in 1472. In Paris Hermonymus was a scribe, scholar and lecturer. He was a teacher for Reuchlin and Budeus. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (705^e), Gregory (880^e). Gregory saw it in 1886. It was examined and described by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini (along with

minuscule 386 Minuscule 386 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 401 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. It has complex context and some marginalia. Descri ...

and 878). Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Ottobonianus gr. 208), in Rome.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 880 Greek New Testament minuscules 15th-century biblical manuscripts Manuscripts of the Vatican Library

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