Minuscule 2814

Minuscule 2814 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Aν²⁰ (in Soden numbering), formerly labelled as 1^rK in all catalogues,^[1] but subsequently renumbered as a 2814 by Aland, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 12th century.^[2]

Minuscule 2814

New Testament manuscript
Facsimile of Franz Delitzsch (1861) with text of Rev 17,8
Text	Book of Revelation
Date	12th century
Script	Greek
Now at	University of Augsburg
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V

Description

The codex contains only the Book of Revelation with a commentary by Andreas of Caesarea. The last six verses were lost (22:16–21). Its text is written on a parchment in minuscule, in 1 column per page, 20 lines per page.^[2]

Its biblical Greek represents the 'Andreas text', which is related to, but not a pure representative of, the Byzantine text type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[3]

• Rev. 1:5

λύσαντι ἡμᾶς ἐκ — P¹⁸, א^c, A, C, 2020, 2081, 2814

λούσαντι ἡμᾶς ἀπο — P, 046, 94, 1006, 1859, 2042, 2065, 2073, 2138, 2432

History of the codex

This codex was chiefly used by Desiderius Erasmus as a basis for his first edition of the Novum Testamentum (1516). It was the only Greek manuscript of the Book of Revelation used by Erasmus.^[4] Erasmus translated the missing last six verses from the Vulgate back to Greek for his editions. As a result its readings plus his retranslation became a basis for the Textus Receptus. Erasmus borrowed the manuscript from Reuchlin, but it was lost for many years until rediscovered in 1861 by Franz Delitzsch.^[5]

Kurt Aland included the manuscript to the critical apparatus in the 25th edition of Novum Testamentum Graece (1963).^[6]

Formerly the codex was located in Harburg (Öttingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek), and was transferred together with the whole library to the library of the University of Augsburg (I, 1, 4 (0), 1).^[2]

See also

• Bible portal

• List of New Testament minuscules (2001–)
• Novum Instrumentum omne
• Textual criticism