Minuscule 850 (Gregory-Aland)
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Minuscule 850 Κι20 (von Soden), is a 12th-century Greek
minuscule manuscript
of the New Testament
on parchment. The manuscript has no complex context.
contains the text of the Gospel of John
(7:25-10:18) on 381 parchment leaves (size ), with a catena
. The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.
The biblical text is surrounded by a catena
, the commentary is of Cyril's
authorship.
. Kurt Aland
the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category
.
to the 12th century.
The manuscript once belonged to the Jesuits Collegium in Paris as a gift from Octavio Bulgarini. Then belonged to Barberini. Minuscule 849
(17th century) probably was rewritten from this manuscript.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (729e) and Gregory (850e). Gregory saw it in 1886.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library
(Barb. gr. 504), in Rome
.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
minuscule manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
on parchment. The manuscript has no complex context.
Description
The codexCodex
A codex is a book in the format used for modern books, with multiple quires or gatherings typically bound together and given a cover.Developed by the Romans from wooden writing tablets, its gradual replacement...
contains the text of the Gospel of John
Gospel of John
The Gospel According to John , commonly referred to as the Gospel of John or simply John, and often referred to in New Testament scholarship as the Fourth Gospel, is an account of the public ministry of Jesus...
(7:25-10:18) on 381 parchment leaves (size ), with a catena
Catena (Biblical commentary)
A catena is a form of biblical commentary, verse by verse, made up entirely of excerpts from earlier Biblical commentators, each introduced with the name of the author, and with such minor adjustments of words to allow the whole to form a continuous commentary.The texts are mainly compiled from...
. The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.
The biblical text is surrounded by a catena
Catena (Biblical commentary)
A catena is a form of biblical commentary, verse by verse, made up entirely of excerpts from earlier Biblical commentators, each introduced with the name of the author, and with such minor adjustments of words to allow the whole to form a continuous commentary.The texts are mainly compiled from...
, the commentary is of Cyril's
Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He came to power when the city was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th and 5th centuries...
authorship.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-typeAlexandrian text-type
The Alexandrian text-type , associated with Alexandria, is one of several text-types used in New Testament textual criticism to describe and group the textual character of biblical manuscripts...
. Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category
Categories of New Testament manuscripts
New Testament manuscripts in Greek are categorized into five groups, according to a scheme introduced in 1981 by Kurt and Barbara Aland in Der Text des Neuen Testaments. The categories are based on how each manuscript relates to the various text-types. Generally speaking, earlier Alexandrian...
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History
F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 10th century, C. R. Gregory dated it to the 12th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTFInstitute for New Testament Textual Research
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is an institute for the investigation of the text of the New Testament. The INTF was founded in Münster in 1959 by Professor Kurt Aland , the first director of the Institute...
to the 12th century.
The manuscript once belonged to the Jesuits Collegium in Paris as a gift from Octavio Bulgarini. Then belonged to Barberini. Minuscule 849
Minuscule 849 (Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 849 , Κι60 , is a 17th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. The manuscript has no complex context.- Description :...
(17th century) probably was rewritten from this manuscript.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (729e) and Gregory (850e). Gregory saw it in 1886.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library
Vatican Library
The Vatican Library is the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City. It is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. Formally established in 1475, though in fact much older, it has 75,000 codices from...
(Barb. gr. 504), in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
.
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...