Minuscule 855
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 855
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| text = Gospels
| script = Greek
| date = 12th century
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| now at = Vatican Library
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| size = {{×|28.5|21}}
| type = ?
| cat = none
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| note = commentary
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Minuscule 855 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε27 (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=263}}{{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/n87/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=77}} is a 12th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has complex content.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 584 parchment leaves (size {{×|28.5|21}}). The text is written in one column per page, 36 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 = 97
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}{{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php|title=Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=10 March 2011|location=Münster}}
It contains a commentary of Theophylact's authorship and pictures.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 227
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n239/mode/2up
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
|author2=Edward Miller
| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament
| publisher = George Bell & Sons
| year = 1894
| location = London
| edition = 4
| volume = 1
| page = 266
}}
Text
Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex 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 = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n156 134], 139
| url =https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
It was not examined by 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/67 67]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/67
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
History
F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (668e) and Gregory (855e). Gregory saw it in 1886.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 643), in Rome.
See also
References
{{Reflist|2}}
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 = 227
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n239/mode/2up
}}
External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=308550 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=10 March 2011 |location=Münster}}
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules