Minuscule 893 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), Ν
μ2 (
von Soden),
is a 12th-century
Greek minuscule
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manuscript of the
New Testament on paper, with a commentary. It was prepared for liturgical use.
Description
The
codex
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contains the text of the
Gospel of Matthew, with a commentary, on 484 paper leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.
The manuscript was damaged by humidity.
It contains tables of the (''lists of contents'') before the Gospel.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the
Byzantine.
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.
History
According to
C. R. Gregory
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* Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...
it was written in the 12th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the
INTF
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to the 12th century.
It was once held in S. Michael in Muriano.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (893
e).
It is not cited in critical editions of the
Greek New Testament Greek New Testament refers to the New Testament in Koine Greek.
It may also refer to the following texts:
* ''Novum Instrumentum omne''
* ''Textus Receptus'', the basis of the King James Bible
* ''Novum Testamentum Graece'', a critical edition of t ...
(UBS4, NA28
).
Currently the manuscript is housed at the
Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I,61 (1201)), in
Venice
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.
See also
*
List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
*
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 ...
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Textual criticism
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Minuscule 891
Minuscule 891 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε427 ( von Soden), is a 14th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper, with a commentary. It has not survived in complete condition.
Description
The codex contains th ...
References
Further reading
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External links
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Greek New Testament minuscules
12th-century biblical manuscripts