Minuscule 824 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ404 ( von Soden), is a 14th-century 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 on paper. It has

marginalia Marginalia (or apostils) are marks made in the margins of a book or other document. They may be scribbles, comments, glosses (annotations), critiques, doodles, drolleries, or illuminations. Biblical manuscripts Biblical manuscripts have ...

and liturgical books.

Description

The

codex The codex (plural codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term ''codex'' is often used for ancient manuscript books, with ...

contains the entire New Testament, on 366 paper leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 28 lines per page. The text of the four Gospels is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers of the Ammonian Sections are given at the margin, but with some references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains Euthalian Apparatus. It contains tables of the before each sacred book (with a Harmony), portrait of Mark Evangelist, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, incipits, , liturgical books with hagiographies:

Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; el, Συναξάριον, from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of ''synaxis'' and ''synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; cop, ⲥⲩⲛⲁ ...

and

Menologion Menologium (), also written menology, and menologe, is a service-book used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. From its derivation from Greek , ''menológion'', from μήν ''m� ...

, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of , and Verse. The order of books is usual: Gospels,

Book of Acts 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 message ...

Catholic 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 ...

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 ...

(Hebrews followed Philemon), and

Apocalypse Apocalypse () is a literary genre in which a supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a human intermediary. The means of mediation include dreams, visions and heavenly journeys, and they typically feature symbolic imager ...

. According to Scrivener it is beautiful codex.

Text

The Greek text of the codex 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 to the textual family K^r. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family K^r in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20, as a perfect member of the family. The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an obelus. In Revelation 5,10 it has textual variant ἡμᾶς. Other manuscripts have αὐτούς.

History

C. R. Gregory C. or c. may refer to: * Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years * Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies * Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...

dated the manuscript to the 14th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the

INTF The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (german: Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its G ...

to the 14th century. The manuscript was examined by Antonio Rocci in 1882.Antonio Rocci, ''Codices cryptenses, seu Abbatiae Cryptae Ferratae in Tusculano digesti et illustrati'' (Tusculanum 1883), pp. 1-2. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (622) and Gregory (824^e, 267^a, 316^p, 113^r). Gregory saw it in 1886. In 1908 Gregory gave one siglum for it – ''824''. Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca della Badia (A' α. 1), in Grottaferrata.

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