Minuscule 859
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 859
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| text = Gospel of Luke †
| script = Greek
| date = 16th century
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| now at = Vatican Library
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| size = {{×|22|14.5}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = none
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| note = commentary
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Minuscule 859 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Νλ50 (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=260}}{{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 16th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complex context.{{clarify|date=May 2016}}
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke 12:32-24:53 on 261 parchment leaves (size {{×|22|14.5}}). The text is written in one column per page, 25 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=16 March 2011|location=Münster}}
According to F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory it was written on paper, but according to Aland on parchment. It contains a commentary.{{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
| 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
| page = 139
| 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
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 15th century, Gregory dated it to the 16th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 16th century.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (672e) and Gregory (859e). Gregory saw it in 1886.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 759), 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=30859 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=16 March 2011|location=Münster}}
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules