Minuscule 2814 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Aν²⁰ (in Soden numbering), formerly labelled as 1^rK in all catalogues, but subsequently renumbered as a 2814 by Aland, is a Greek

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

manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has ...

of the

New Testament The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...

, dated palaeographically to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 211.

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The codex contains only the

Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation, also known as the Book of the Apocalypse or the Apocalypse of John, is the final book of the New Testament, and therefore the final book of the Bible#Christian Bible, Christian Bible. Written in Greek language, Greek, ...

with a commentary by Andreas of Caesarea. The last six verses were lost (22:16–21). Its text is written on a parchment in

, in 1 column per page, 20 lines per page. Its biblical Greek represents the ' Andreas text', which is related to, but not a pure representative of, the Byzantine text type. Aland placed it in Category V. * Rev. 1:5 : λύσαντι ἡμᾶς ἐκ — P¹⁸, א^c, A, C, 2020, 2081, 2814 : λούσαντι ἡμᾶς ἀπο — P, 046, 94, 1006, 1859, 2042, 2065, 2073, 2138, 2432

History of the codex

This codex was chiefly used by

Desiderius Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and Catholic theology, theologian, educationalist ...

as a basis for his first edition of the Novum Testamentum (1516). It was the only Greek manuscript of the Book of Revelation used by Erasmus. Erasmus translated the missing last six verses from the

Vulgate The Vulgate () is a late-4th-century Bible translations into Latin, Latin translation of the Bible. It is largely the work of Saint Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels used by the Diocese of ...

back to Greek for his editions. As a result its readings plus his retranslation became a basis for the

Textus Receptus The (Latin for 'received text') is the succession of printed Greek New Testament texts starting with Erasmus' ''Novum Instrumentum omne'' (1516) and including the editions of Robert Estienne, Stephanus, Theodore Beza, Beza, the House of Elzevir ...

. Erasmus borrowed the manuscript from Reuchlin, but it was lost for many years until rediscovered in 1861 by

Franz Delitzsch Franz Delitzsch (23 February 1813, in Leipzig – 4 March 1890, in Leipzig) was a German Lutheran theologian and Hebraist. Delitzsch wrote many commentaries on books of the Bible, Jewish antiquities, Biblical psychology, as well as a history of J ...

Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...

included the manuscript to the critical apparatus in the 25th edition of Novum Testamentum Graece (1963).Michael W. Holmes, ''From Nestle to the `Editio Critica Maior`'', in: ''The Bible as Book: The Transmission of the Greek Text'', London 2003, p. 128. Formerly the codex was located in Harburg ( Öttingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek), and was transferred together with the whole library to the library of the

University of Augsburg The University of Augsburg () is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 8 Faculties. The University of Augsburg is a relatively young campus university with a ...

(I, 1, 4 (0), 1).

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External links

* R. Waltz

at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 2814 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts

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