Minuscule 803
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| form = Minuscule
| number = 803
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| script = Greek
| date = 16th century
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| now at = National Library of Greece
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| size = {{×|22|15.5}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
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Minuscule 803 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε614 (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=213}}{{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 16th century.
Description
The codex contains the text of the three first Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke), on 215 paper leaves (size {{×|22|15.5}}).
The text is written in one column per page, 15-20 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=30803 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=16 November 2010 |location=Münster}} According to Gregory it has 177 leaves, according to von Soden 176 leaves.
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles) at the top of the pages (with a Harmony). There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, but without a references to the Eusebian Canons.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 223
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n235/mode/2up
}}
It contains Prolegomena, list of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before the Gospel of Mark, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}}, subscriptions at the end each of the Gospels, and numbers of {{lang|grc|στιχοι}} in Matthew.
Text
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.{{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}}
It was not examined according to the Claremont Profile Method.{{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
}}
History
According to C. R. Gregory the manuscript was written in the 16th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 16th 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 (803e). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (88) 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