Minuscule 876
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 876
| image = Minuscule 876 (GA) f.6r.jpg
| isize = 220
| caption= Folio 4 recto
| name =
| sign =
| text = Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles
| script = Greek
| date = 12th century
| found =
| now at = University of Michigan
| cite =
| size = 15.5cm by 11cm
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = none
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Minuscule 876 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) α 356 (Soden).{{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}} It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 282 parchment leaves (15.5 cm by 11 cm). It is dated paleographically to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 98. Formerly it was labelled by 224a and 279p. Scrivener labelled it by 221a.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page in minuscule letters. It contains some interesting lectionary markings at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each sacred book, numbers of {{langx|grc|στιχοι}}, and images.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 282
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n295/mode/2up
}}
The text of Hebrews 10:15-11:7 was supplied by a later hand on the paper.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. 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}}
History
The manuscript was purchased by Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906), a philanthropist,{{cite book|last= Parker|first= Franklin|title= George Peabody, a biography|publisher= Vanderbilt University Press|year= 1995|pages= 107|isbn=0826512569}} along with other Greek manuscripts (among them Lectionary 214-227). The manuscript was presented by Burdett-Coutts to Sir Roger Cholmely's School, and was housed at the Highgate (Burdett-Coutts III. 37), in London. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886. Formerly it was labelled by 224a and 279p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 876 to it.
In 1922 it was acquired for the University of Michigan. The manuscript was described by K. W. Clark.Kenneth W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago, 1937), pp. 316-317.
The codex is housed in University of Michigan (Ms. 16), in Ann Arbor.{{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php|title=Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=27 March 2011|location=Münster}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Minuscule 876 (GA)}}
- [http://www.csntm.org/Manuscript/View/GA_876 Images of Minuscule 876 at the CSNTM] on folio 179 verso, and 180 recto partial sketches.
- {{Cite web|url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php|title=Liste Handschriften|publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research|access-date=27 March 2011|location=Münster}}
{{Manuscripts purchased by Angela Burdett-Coutts}}
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules