Minuscule 884 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A¹²⁶ ( von Soden), is an 11th-century

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of the

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on parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

Gospel of Luke The Gospel of Luke), or simply Luke (which is also its most common form of abbreviation). tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-vol ...

and

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, with a commentary, on 256 parchment leaves (size ), with

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in Luke 1:1-3:1. The text is written in one column per page, 30 lines per page. The commentary is of

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. It was altered by a later hand (biblical text and a commentary).

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family I^β. It means, it has some textual affinities to

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and minuscule 16. Kurt 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 classi ...

it represents the textual family K^x in Luke 10. In Luke 20 it belongs to the textual family of Lake's group, as a weak member. In Luke 1 no profile was made, because the manuscript is defective.

History

According to

F. H. A. Scrivener Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (September 29, 1813, Bermondsey, Surrey – October 30, 1891, Hendon, Middlesex) was a New Testament textual critic and a member of the English New Testament Revision Committee which produced the Revised Version ...

it was written in the 13th century, according to C. R. Gregory in the 11th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (696^e), Gregory (884^e). Gregory saw it in 1886. It was described by Henry Stevenson.Henry Stevenson described also minuscule manuscripts:

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885 Year 885 ( DCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – Emperor Charles the Fat summons a meeting of officials at Lobith (moder ...

886 __NOTOC__ Year 886 ( DCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March – A wide-ranging conspiracy against Emperor Basil I, led by John Kourkouas, is uncovered. * ...

, 887. Currently the manuscript is housed at the

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(Reg. gr. 3), in

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at the INTF {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 884 Greek New Testament minuscules 11th-century biblical manuscripts Manuscripts of the Vatican Library

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