Minuscule 805 (Gregory-Aland)

New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries
Minuscule 805
Text Gospels †
Date 13th century
Script Greek
Now at Hellenic Parliament
Size 18 cm by 12 cm
Type Byzantine text-type
Category none
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Minuscule 805 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε2050 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the three first Gospels, on 244 parchment leaves (size 18 cm by 12 cm), with some lacunae.[3] It lacks: Matthew 1:1-9; 3:16-5:46; 11:7-12:48; 13:25-26:31; 27:58-28:20; Mark 7:21-30; Luke 1:1-9.47-79; 7:31-8:16; 8:29-24:53.[4] Matthew 14:29-15:4 was supplied by a later hand.[1]

The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.[3][5]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.[4]

It contains Prolegomena, list of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each of the Gospels, lectionary markings at the margin (added by later hand), incipits (later hand), and subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels.[4]

Text

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[6]

It was not examined according to the Claremont Profile Method.[7]

History

According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 13th century.[4] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[5]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (805e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]

The manuscript is now housed at the library of the Hellenic Parliament (351) in Athens.[3][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Soden, von, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte 1. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 171.
  2. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 75.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 94. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung. p. 223.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  6. ↑ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. ↑ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 66. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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