Minuscule 861

{{New Testament manuscript infobox

| form = Minuscule

| number = 861

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| text = Gospels

| script = Greek

| date = 16th century

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| now at = Vatican Library

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| size = {{×|27.5|21}}

| type = Byzantine text-type

| cat = V

| hand =

| note = commentary

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Minuscule 861 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A⁶⁰¹ (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=257}}{{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 paper. The manuscript has complex content.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 510 paper leaves (size {{×|27.5|21}}), with a catena. The text is written in one column per page, 21 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=9 March 2011|location=Münster}}

The biblical text is surrounded by a catena. The commentary is of Peter of Laodicea.{{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 = 228

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n241/mode/2up

}}{{Cite book

| last = Scrivener

| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose

| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

| 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

}}

The manuscript is ornamented. It contains scholia, the text was corrected.

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 = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n161 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

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History

F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript 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 (674^e) and Gregory (861^e). Gregory saw it in 1886.

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 1090), in Rome.

References

External links

{{Cite web |url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=30861 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=18 March 2011|location=Münster}}

Category:Greek New Testament minuscules

Category:16th-century biblical manuscripts

Category:Manuscripts in the Vatican Library