Minuscule 871
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 871
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| name = Cod. Vaticanus 2117
| sign =
| text = Gospels †
| script = Greek
| date = 13th century
| found =
| now at = Vatican Library
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| size = {{×|13.2|11.1}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = none
| hand =
| note = marginalia
}}
Minuscule 871 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 102 (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=138}}{{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 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition. It has some marginalia.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels with some lacunae (Matthew 28:11-20; John 1:1-36) on 164 parchment leaves (size {{×|13.2|11.1}}). The text is written in one column per page, 29 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 = 98
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}{{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=30872|title=Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=7 October 2011|location=Münster}}{{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 = 228
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n241/mode/2up
}}
It has decorated head-pieces. According to Scrivener it is a beautiful copy.
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.{{Cite book
| 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
}}
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel (added later hand).
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Kurt Aland did not place it 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 = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n161 139]
| url =https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual group 1519 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.{{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 11th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (687e), Gregory (871e). Gregory saw it in 1886.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 2117), 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 = 228
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n241/mode/2up
}}
External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=30871 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=4 October 2011|location=Münster}}
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules