Minuscule 2817

From Textus Receptus

Minuscule 2817 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 287 (von Soden). Formerly was labelled as 7^pK in all catalogs, but it was renumbered by Gregory, because two manuscripts had number 7 (7^e and 7^p). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 12th century.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Pauline epistles, on 387 parchment pages with only one lacunae. Manuscripts ends on Hebr 12:18. Written in one column per page, 28-32 lines per page.<ref>Kurt Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 212. </ref> Written on a parchment in minuscule. It contains notes and glosses.

The Greek text of the Gospels is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it as I^fb (together with minuscules 115, 179, 267, 659, 827). Aland did placed it in Category V. It is close to the textual family K^x.

History of the codex

This codex was used By Erasmus in his Novum Testamentum. It was used also by Robert Estienne in his Editio Regia (1550), who designated it as ς'. In result its readings became a part of the Textus Receptus.

The codex is located now at the University of Basel (Cod. A.N.III.11), in Basel.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Textus Receptus
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

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Further reagings

• Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte, Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902-1910.

External links

• Minuscule 2817 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism