Minuscule 917
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 917
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| text = Book of Acts, Pauline epistles
| script = Greek
| date = 12th century
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| now at = Escurial
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| size = {{×|25.8|15.3}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = III, V
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Minuscule 917 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α264 (von 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/n89/mode/2up |year=1908 |publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung |location=Leipzig |page=79}}{{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=227}} is a 12th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Book of Acts, Catholic epistles and Pauline epistles, on 137 parchment leaves (size {{×|25.8|15.3}}).{{r|Aland|INTF}}
The text is written in one column per page, and 36 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 = 101
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}{{Cite web | url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=30917 | title=Liste Handschriften | publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research | access-date=31 May 2013 | location=Münster}}{{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 = 283
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n295/mode/2up
}}
It contains lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical ruse.{{r|Soden}}
Text
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category III in the Pauline epistles, and in Category V elsewhere.{{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
| pages = 134
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
It means it is a representative of the Byzantine text-type in the Pauline epistles. In the rest of books of the New Testament its text is of higher quality.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
| year = 1995
| location = Grand Rapids
| pages = 106, 159}}
History
According to C. R. Gregory the manuscript was written in the 12th century.{{r|Gregory}} Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.{{r|INTF}}
It was described by Montana, who sent description to Mr. Kelly.{{r|Scrivener}}
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (205a){{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 = 299
}} and Gregory (233a, 473p).{{r|Gregory}} In 1908 Gregory gave the number 917 to it.{{r|Gregory1908}}
It is currently housed in the Biblioteca de El Escorial (C. III. 10) in Escurial.{{r|Aland|INTF}}
See also
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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 = 283
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n295/mode/2up
}}
External links
- {{Cite web | url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=30917 | title=Liste Handschriften | publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research | access-date=31 May 2013 | location=Münster}}
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