Minuscule 801 (Gregory-Aland)
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Minuscule 801 (in the Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland, Gregory-Aland numbering), δ553 (Biblical manuscript#Von Soden, von Soden), is a Greek language, Greek Lower case, minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper. Palaeography, Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript has complex contents.


Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles and Pauline epistles, on 324 paper leaves (size ). Folios 324-327 were supplied by a later hand. The text is written in one column per page, 26-29 lines per page. It contains Prolegomena, lists of the (''chapters'') before each sacred book (with a Harmony), lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, (''lessons''), subscriptions at the end each book, numbers of , and Euthalian Apparatus. Subscriptions were added by a later hand. The order of books is unusual: Book of Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Gospels. A similar order appears in Minuscule 393, 393, Minuscule 592, 592.


Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Family Kx, Kx. Kurt Aland, Aland placed it in Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V, Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixed Byzantine text in Luke 1 and represent the textual family Family Kx, Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. It belongs to the textual subgroup Minuscule 35, 35. The Jesus and the woman taken in adultery, Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an obelus.


History

According to Caspar René Gregory, Gregory the manuscript was written in the 15th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research, INTF to the 15th century. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (801e, 264a, 313p). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. The manuscript is now housed at the National Library of Greece (130) in Athens.


See also

* List of New Testament minuscules * Biblical manuscript * Textual criticism * Minuscule 800


References


Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 801 Greek New Testament minuscules 15th-century biblical manuscripts Manuscripts in the National Library of Greece