Minuscule 802

{{New Testament manuscript infobox

| form = Minuscule

| number = 802

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| text = Gospel of Luke

| script = Greek

| date = 14th century

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| now at = National Library of Greece

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| size = {{×|25|19}}

| type = Byzantine text-type

| cat = V

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Minuscule 802 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε470 (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=170}}{{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 14th century. The manuscript has no complex contents, only 24 leaves have survived.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke (1:1-6:13), on 24 paper leaves (size {{×|25|19}}). The text is written in one column per page, 20 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=30802 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=16 November 2010|location=Münster}}

It contains Argumentum, lists of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before each of the Gospels, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}}, and Verses.{{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

}}

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. 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 = 139

| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kr in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 the manuscript is defective.{{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

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History

According to Gregory the manuscript was written in the 14th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century.{{r|INTF}}

According to the subscription it once belonged to "Ananiou Hegoumenou".{{r|Gregory}}

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (802e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.{{r|Gregory}}

The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (99) 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

}}