Minuscule 827 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε309 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment.

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Minuscule 827
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date13th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBiblioteca della Badia
Size21 cm by 15.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
Categorynone
NoteFamily 1424
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Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 225 parchment leaves (size 21 cm by 15.5 cm), with one lacuna at the end.[3] The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.[3][4] The text of John 19:21–21:25 was supplied by a later hand.[5]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), and according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections, the last numbered section in 16:12). The numerals of the κεφαλαια are given at the left margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. The Ammonian Sections are given without a references to the Eusebian Canons (written under Ammonian Sections).

It contains subscriptions at the end of each Gospel and versification. There are blank spaces for pictures.[5][6]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Iφb.[7] Aland did not place it in any Category.[8] According to Aland it belongs to the textual family 1424.[9]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual cluster 827 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. It is a perfect member of the family.[7] The cluster has following profile:[10]

Luke 1: (4), 5, (6), 9, 28, 33, 34, (36), 37, 53.
Luke 10: 15, 19, 48, 51, 55, 57, 58, 62.
Luke 20: 1, (9), 21, 33, 42, 43, 48, 55, 65, 74.

The cluster 827 consisting of manuscripts 827, 1050, 1446, 1457, 1593, and 2766. Minuscule 827 is the lead manuscript of the cluster.[10]

It lacks the text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[5]

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century,[5] other palaeographers dated it to the 11th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[4]

The manuscript was examined and described by Antonio Rocci in 1882.[11] The manuscript was collated by F. G. Carver in 1958.[12]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (625)[6] and Gregory (827e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca della Badia (A' α. 4), in Grottaferrata.[3][4]

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