Minuscule 860
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| form = Minuscule
| number = 860
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| text = Matthew, Mark, Luke †
| script = Greek
| date = 12th/13th century
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| now at = Vatican Library
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| size = {{×|20|15}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = V
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Minuscule 860 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε201 (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=153}}{{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 not survived in complex context.{{clarify|date=May 2016}}
Description
The codex contains the text of the three first Gospels Matthew, Mark, and Luke (1:1-24:27) on 144 parchment leaves (size {{×|20|15}}). The text is written in one column per page, 27 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=17 March 2011|location=Münster}}
The ending of Luke (24:27-53) and Gospel of John were lost. The first 17 leaves originally belonged to the other manuscript.
The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin (rarely), but references to the Eusebian Canons are absent. It contains lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, 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
}}
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt 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
| page = 139
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 it has mixed text. It creates a textual pair with minuscule 2108.{{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
Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th or 13th century.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (860e). Gregory saw it in 1886. Scrivener did not list this manuscript.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 774, fol. 17–160), in Rome.
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 = 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=30860 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=17 March 2011|location=Münster}}
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules