Minuscule 859 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), Ν
λ50 (
von Soden),
is a 16th-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 parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complex context.
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 text of the
Gospel of Luke 12:32-24:53 on 261 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 25 lines per page.
According to
F. H. A. Scrivener and
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 ...
it was written on paper,
[ but according to Aland on parchment.][ It contains a commentary.]
Text
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...
did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 15th century, Gregory dated it to the 16th 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 16th century.[
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (672e)][ and Gregory (859e). Gregory saw it in 1886.][
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 759), in Rome.][
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
* Textual criticism
* Minuscule 858
References
Further reading
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External links
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Greek New Testament minuscules
16th-century biblical manuscripts
Manuscripts of the Vatican Library