Minuscule 849

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Minuscule 849
New Testament manuscript
TextGospel of John
Date17th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
Size27.5 cm by 20.5 cm
Typemixed text-type / Alexandrian
CategoryIII
Notecommentary

Minuscule 849 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Κι60 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 17th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. The manuscript has no complex context.

Description[edit]

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John (7:25-10:18) on 152 paper leaves (size 27.5 cm by 20.5 cm), with a catena. The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[3][4] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena, the commentary is of Cyril's authorship.[5][6]

Text[edit]

The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the text-types. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex placed in Category III.[7]

History[edit]

F. H. A. Scrivener[6] and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 17th century.[5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 17th century.[4]

Probably it was rewritten from minuscule 850 (12th century).[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (730e)[6] and Gregory (849e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Barb. gr. 495), in Rome.[3][4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Soden, von, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 1. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 249.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 77.
  3. ^ a b Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 96. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 227.
  6. ^ a b c Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 269.
  7. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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