| Minuscule 801 | |
|---|---|
| Text | Gospels, Acts, Paul |
| Date | 15th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of Greece |
| Size | 21 cm by 14.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | – |
Minuscule 801 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ553 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript has complex contents.
Contents |
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles and Pauline epistles, on 324 paper leaves (size 21 cm by 14.5 cm).[3] Folios 324-327 were supplied by a later hand.[1] The text is written in one column per page, 26-29 lines per page.[3][4]
It contains Prolegomena, lists of the κεφαλαια before each sacred book (with a Harmony), lectionary markings, incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions, στιχοι, and Euthalian Apparatus.[5] It contains subscriptions added by a later hand.[1]
The order of books is unusual: Book of Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Gospels. A similar order appears in 393, 592.[5]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[6] Aland placed it in Category V.[7]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixed Byzantine text in Luke 1 and represent the textual family Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. It belongs to the textual subgroup 35.[6]
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an obelus.[5]
According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 15th century.[5] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 15th century.[4]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (801e, 264a, 313p). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[5]
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (130) in Athens.[3][4]