Minuscule 2814 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Aν²⁰ (in Soden numbering), formerly labelled as 1^rK in all catalogues, but subsequently renumbered as a 2814 by Aland, is a 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 A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printing, printed or repr ...

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 Christ ...

, dated palaeographically to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 211.

Description

The codex contains only the

Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of R ...

with a commentary by

Andreas of Caesarea thumb Andrew of Caesarea ( el, Ἀνδρέας Καισαρείας; AD 563–614) was a Greek theological writer and bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia. Karl Krumbacher assigned him to the first half of the sixth century. He is variously placed by o ...

. The last six verses were lost (22:16–21). Its text is written on a parchment in

, in 1 column per page, 20 lines per page. Its biblical Greek represents the 'Andreas text', which is related to, but not a pure 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 fou ...

. Aland placed it in Category V. * Rev. 1:5 : λύσαντι ἡμᾶς ἐκ — P¹⁸, א^c, A, C, 2020, 2081, 2814 : λούσαντι ἡμᾶς ἀπο — P, 046, 94, 1006, 1859, 2042, 2065, 2073, 2138, 2432

History of the codex

This codex was chiefly used by

Desiderius Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

as a basis for his first edition of the

Novum Testamentum ''Novum Testamentum'' is an academic journal covering various aspects of the New Testament. Biblical studies journals Publications established in 1956 Brill Publishers academic journals Quarterly journals English-language journals {{bible-journal ...

(1516). It was the only Greek manuscript of the Book of Revelation used by Erasmus. Erasmus translated the missing last six verses from the

Vulgate The Vulgate (; also called (Bible in common tongue), ) is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. The Vulgate is largely the work of Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels u ...

back to Greek for his editions. As a result its readings plus his retranslation became a basis for the

Textus Receptus ''Textus Receptus'' (Latin: "received text") refers to all printed editions of the Greek New Testament from Erasmus's ''Novum Instrumentum omne'' (1516) to the 1633 Elzevir edition. It was the most commonly used text type for Protestant denomi ...

. Erasmus borrowed the manuscript from

Reuchlin Johann Reuchlin (; sometimes called Johannes; 29 January 1455 – 30 June 1522) was a German Catholic humanist and a scholar of Greek and Hebrew, whose work also took him to modern-day Austria, Switzerland, and Italy and France. Most of Reuchlin's ...

, but it was lost for many years until rediscovered in 1861 by

Franz Delitzsch Franz Delitzsch (23 February 1813, in Leipzig – 4 March 1890, in Leipzig) was a German Lutheran theologian and Hebraist. Delitzsch wrote many commentaries on books of the Bible, Jewish antiquities, Biblical psychology, as well as a history of ...

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 ...

included the manuscript to the critical apparatus in the 25th edition of

Novum Testamentum Graece (''The New Testament in Greek'') is a critical edition of the New Testament in its original Koine Greek, forming the basis of most modern Bible translations and biblical criticism. It is also known as the Nestle–Aland edition after its mos ...

(1963).Michael W. Holmes, ''From Nestle to the `Editio Critica Maior`'', in: ''The Bible as Book: The Transmission of the Greek Text'', London 2003, p. 128. Formerly the codex was located in Harburg ( Öttingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek), and was transferred together with the whole library to the library of

University of Augsburg The University of Augsburg (german: Universität Augsburg) is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 8 Faculties. The University of Augsburg is a relatively you ...

(I, 1, 4 (0), 1).

References

External links

* R. Waltz

at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 2814 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts

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History of the codex

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