Minuscule_820_(Gregory-Aland)
Minuscule 820
New Testament manuscript
Minuscule 820 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε37 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper, with a commentary.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 1292 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | El Escorial |
| Size | 35 cm by 27 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | – |
According to the colophon it was written in 1292.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, with a commentary, on 410 paper leaves (size 35 cm by 27 cm).[3] The manuscript is ornamented, the leaves 1-3 were placed after leaf 56.[1]
The text is written in two columns per page, 37-42 lines per page.[3][4]
It contains a commentary of Theophylact, and subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels.[5]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
It was not examined according to the Claremont Profile Method.[7]
The colophon states: "Εγραφη η παρουσα θεοπνευστος βιβλος χειρι του ταπεινου και εθτελους και αναξιου ιερεως Συμεων νομικου και πρωτεκδικου της αγιωτατης μητροπολεως Ροδου, του Καλλιανδρου, εν μηνι οκτωβρ. Ν.ς. τω ςωα ετει. Εγραφη δε τω τιμιωτατω εν μοναχοις Χαρι..."[8] It is deciphered by the INTF as 1292 A.D..[3]
It was briefly described by Emmanuel Miller in 1848, who deciphered date of the colophon as 1293.[8]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (820e).[5]
The manuscript is now housed in El Escorial (Ω. I, 16).[3][4]
- Soden, von, Hermann (1902). Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Vol. 1. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. p. 264.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 76.
- Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 95. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 224.
- 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.
- Emmanuel Miller, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial (Paris 1848), p. 468.
- Emmanuel Miller, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial (Paris 1848), p. 468.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 224.