Minuscule 870 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 104 (von Soden),[1][2] is an 11th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper, with a commentary. The manuscript has no complex content. It has marginalia and was prepared for liturgical use.

Minuscule 870
New Testament manuscript
NameCod. Vaticanus 2115
TextGospel of Luke
Date11th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
Size18.2 cm by 12.8 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Notemarginalia

Description

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The codex contains only the text of the Gospel of Luke (11:5-16:14) on 14 paper leaves (size 18.2 cm by 12.8 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 23-24 lines per page.[3][4][5][6]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, but there is no τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, but without references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading.[5]

Text

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed the text of the codex in Category V.[7] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.[8]

History

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C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (870e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 2115, fol. 166-179), in Rome.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Soden, von, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 1. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 138.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 77.
  3. ^ a b Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 98. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 228.
  6. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 266.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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. 67. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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