Minuscule 801
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 801
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| script = Greek
| date = 15th century
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| now at = National Library of Greece
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| size = {{×|21|14.5}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = V
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| note = –
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Minuscule 801 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ553 (von Soden),{{Cite book|last=Soden, von|first=Hermann|author-link=Hermann, Freiherr von Soden|title=Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte|volume=1|year=1902|publisher=Verlag von Alexander Duncker|location=Berlin|page=117}}{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n85/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=75}} 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.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles and Pauline epistles, on 324 paper leaves (size {{×|21|14.5}}). Folios 324-327 were supplied by a later hand.
The text is written in one column per page, 26-29 lines per page.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
|author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack
| title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments
| publisher = Walter de Gruyter
| year = 1994
| location = Berlin, New York
| page = 94
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}{{Cite web |url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=30801 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=16 November 2010 |location=Münster}}
It contains Prolegomena, lists of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters) before each sacred book (with a Harmony), lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}} (lessons), subscriptions at the end each book, numbers of {{lang|grc|στιχοι}}, and Euthalian Apparatus.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 223
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n235/mode/2up
}} Subscriptions were added by a later hand.
The order of books is unusual: Book of Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Gospels. A similar order appears in 393, 592.{{r|Gregory}}
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.{{r|Wisse}} Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| author-link2 = Barbara Aland
| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1995
| location = Grand Rapids
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n161 139]
| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
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.{{Cite book
| last = Wisse
| first = Frederik
| title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1982
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/66 66]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/66
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an obelus.{{r|Gregory}}
History
According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 15th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 15th century.{{r|INTF}}
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (801e, 264a, 313p). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (130) in Athens.{{r|Aland|INTF}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 223
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n235/mode/2up
}}
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules