Minuscule 925 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1450 ( von Soden), is a 14th-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 parchment. It has

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. The manuscript 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 413 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 21-22 lines per page. The leaves of the codex are arranged in octavo. The manuscript is ornamented.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine.

Hermann von Soden Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist. Life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...

classified it to the textual family K^x.

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 ...

did not place it in any Category. According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.

History

According to

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 ...

it was written in 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. It was written by scribe named Nicephorus. The codex 925 was seen by Gregory at the Dionysiou monastery, in

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...

. 412 leaves of the manuscript are housed at the Dionysiou monastery (46 (5)), one leaf with text of Matthew 10:27-36 is housed at the

National Library of Russia The National Library of Russia (NLR, russian: Российская национальная библиотека}), located in Saint Petersburg, is the first, and one of three national public libraries in Russia. The NLR is currently ranked amo ...

(Gr. 302) in Saint Petersburg. This leaf was previously cataloged as minuscule 2156. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (925^e). It was not on the Scrivener's list, but it was added to his list by Edward Miller in the 4th edition of A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. It is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4, NA28).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 925 Greek New Testament minuscules 14th-century biblical manuscripts Athos manuscripts Dionysiou Monastery

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