Minuscule 2818

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Minuscule 2818 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A^πρ20 (von Soden). Formerly it was labelled as 36^aK in all catalogs, but it was renumbered by Aland, because two manuscripts had number 36 (36^e and 36^a). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 12th century.<ref name = Junack/>

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles and Catholic epistles on 245 parchment leaves with a commentary. Size of the pages 26 by 20.5 cm. Written in one column per page, 39 lines per page.<ref name = Junack>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 Prolegomena, kephalaia, titloi, and with Catena of Church Fathers.<ref name = Scrivener>F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 189. </ref>

Text

The Greek text of the Acts Aland placed in Category II. The text of the Catholic epistles in Category III.<ref name=Aland>Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 129. </ref>

In Acts 8,37 it has additional verse together with the manuscripts Codex Basilensis, 323, 453, 945, 1739, 1891, and several others.

In Acts 8:39 it has addition αγιον επεπεσεν επι τον ευνουχον, αγγελος δε (holy fell on on eunuch, and an angel). This reading is supported by the manuscripts Codex Alexandrinus, 323, 453, 945, 1739, 1891, and several other.<ref>Nestle-Aland, Nobum Testamentum Graece, 26th edition, p. 345; Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2001), p. 316. </ref>

History of the codex

It was enumerated by John Mill, and edited by Cramer in 1838.<ref name = Scrivener/> It was cited by Novum Testamentum (Nestle-Aland 27) in Acts 15:28; 21:25.

The codex is located now at the New College (58), in Oxford.<ref name = Aland/>

See also

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

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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.

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