Minuscule 886 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering),
is a 15th-century
Greek
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minuscule
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
on paper, with a commentary. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.
Description
The
codex contains the text of the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
(except
Catholic epistles), with a commentary, on 336 paper leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 59 lines per page.
The commentary is of authorship of
Nicetas of Naupactus in the
Gospel
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s, of
Theophylact in the
Acts of the Apostles and
Pauline epistles. The
Apocalypse has a commentary of an anonymous writer.
It contains the
Eusebian Canon tables (before four Gospels), lists before each biblical book.
Text
Kurt and
Barbara Aland gave the textual profile 209
1, 99
2, 2
1/2, 14
s in the Gospels, 15
1, 3
2, 3
1/2, 4
s in the Acts, and 171
1, 43
2, 9
1/2, 23
s in the Pauline epistles. On the basis of this profile Alands placed it in
Category V.
It means it is a representative of the
Byzantine text-type
In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type (also called Majority Text, Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text) is one of the main text types. It is the form fo ...
.
It was not examined according to the
Claremont Profile Method
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.
History
The manuscript is dated by a
colophon to the year 1454. Currently the manuscript is dated by the
INTF to the 15th century.
It once belonged to Ignatius, metropolitan, then to Demetrius Leontari, then to Christian Baue in Berlin. The manuscript was described by Henry Stevenson. Gregory saw it in 1886. The text of the Apocalypse was collated by
Herman C. Hoskier
Herman Charles Hoskier (1864–1938), was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier (1832–1904).
Hoskier, as textual critic, generally but not entirely supported the Byzantine text-type against th ...
.
[Herman C. Hoskier, ''Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse'' 1 (London 1929), p. 389.]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by
Scrivener
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(698
e),
[ Gregory (886e).
The manuscript was digitized by the INTF.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the ]Vatican Library
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(Reg. gr. 6), in Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
.
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
A New Testament minuscule is a copy of a portion of the New Testament written in a small, cursive Greek script (developed from Uncial).Eberhard Nestle, Erwin Nestle, Barbara Aland and Kurt Aland (eds), ''Novum Testamentum Graece'', 27th edition, ( ...
* Biblical manuscript
* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
*
* Henry Stevenson
''Codices manuscripti Graeci Reginae Svecorum et Pii Pp. II. Bibliothecae Vaticanae, descripti praeside I.B. Cardinali Pitra''
Rom 1888, pp. 4–6.
External links
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Greek New Testament minuscules
15th-century biblical manuscripts
Manuscripts of the Vatican Library