Minuscule 894

Minuscule 894 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A¹²⁶ and C^ι12 (von Soden),^[1] is an 11th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It has marginalia. The manuscript has survived in a fragmentary condition.

Minuscule 894

New Testament manuscript
Name	Gr. II,144 (1362), fol. 1-4
Text	Gospel of Mark
Date	11th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Biblioteca Marciana
Size	25 cm by 20.5 cm
Type	Byzantine
Category	V
Note	marginalia

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Mark (14:62-15:46), on 5 parchment leaves (size 25 cm by 20.5 cm).^[2] The text is written in one column per page, 18 lines per page.^[2][3]

The text of the Gospels is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.^[4] There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.^[5]

History

According to C. R. Gregory it was written in the 11th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.^[3]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (894^e).^[4][6]

It is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4,^[7] NA28^[8]).

Four leaves of the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (II,144 (1362), fol. 1-4), in Venice. One leaf is housed in Oslo (Schøyen Collection, MS 583/2).^[2][3]

See also

• Bible portal

• List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 893

References

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 78.
2. Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 100. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
3. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
4. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 230.
5. 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. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
6. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 275.
7. Aland, B.; Aland, K.; J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. Metzger, A. Wikgren (1993). The Greek New Testament (4 ed.). Stuttgart: United Bible Societies. p. 18*. ISBN 978-3-438-05110-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
8. Nestle, Eberhard et Erwin; communiter ediderunt: B. et K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, B. M. Metzger (2001). Novum Testamentum Graece (27 ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. p. 812. ISBN 978-3-438-05100-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Further reading

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 230.

External links

• "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 22 February 2013.