Minuscule 2815 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 253 ( Soden), formerly labelled as 2^ap in all catalogues, but subsequently renumbered by Aland, is a Greek

minuscule Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...

manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 12th century.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the

Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...

General epistles The catholic epistles (also called the general epistlesEncarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "katholieke brieven". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.) are seven epistles of the New Testament. Listed in order of their appearance in ...

, and

Pauline epistles The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest extan ...

, 216 parchment leaves (15 by 10 cm). Written in one column per page, 27 lines per page.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. Written on a parchment in an elegant

. It contains short introduction to the books.F. H. A. Scrivener, ''A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament'' (London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 284. The Greek text of the

Gospels Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.

Hermann von Soden Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist. Life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...

classified it as I^b1. Aland placed it in Category V. In Pauline epistles text is close to the codices

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429 Year 429 ( CDXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Florentius and Dionysius (or, less frequently, year 1182 '' Ab ur ...

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and 1891. In 1 Corinthians 2:14 it reads πνευματος (omit του θεου) along with Minuscule 216,

255 __NOTOC__ Year 255 ( CCLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerianus and Gallienus (or, less frequently, year 1008 '' ...

, 330,

440 Year 440 (CDXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valentinianus and Anatolius (or, less frequently, year 1193 ''Ab urbe ...

451 __NOTOC__ Year 451 ( CDLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcianus and Adelfius (or, less frequently, year 1204 '' ...

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, 1827, and syr^p. In Hebrews 12:20 it has additional reading η βολιδι κατατοξευθησεται.

History of the codex

The manuscript belonged to the

Preaching Friars The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

, then to Amerbach, a printer of Basle. This codex was used by Desiderius Erasmus in his first edition of his '' Novum Testamentum'' (1516). In result its readings became a basis for the Textus Receptus. Erasmus grounded on this copy, and he calls it ''exemplar mire castigatum''. His binder cut off a considerable part of the margin. It was examined by Mill, Battier, and

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. NA27 cited it only in 1 Cor 11,23.Kurt Aland, "Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum. Locis parallelis evangeliorum apocryphorum et patrum adhibitis edidit", Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1996, p. XXVII. The codex is located now at the Basel University Library (Cod. A.N.IV.4), at Basel.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 2815 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts

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