Minuscule 2814
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Facsimile of Franz Delitzsch (1861) with text of Rev 17,8
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| Text | Book of Revelation |
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| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | University of Augsburg |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Minuscule 2814 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Aν20 (in Soden numbering), formerly labelled as 1rK in all catalogues,[1] but subsequently renumbered as a 2814 by Aland, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 12th century.[2]
Contents
Description
The codex contains the Book of Revelation with a commentary of Andreas from Caesarea. Last six verses were lost (22:16-21). The text is written on a parchment in minuscule, in 1 column per page, 20 lines per page.[2]
The Greek text of the Gospels is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[3]
- Rev 1:5
- λυσαντι ημας εκ — P18, אc, A, C, 2020, 2081, 2814
- λουσαντι ημας απο — P, 046, 94, 1006, 1859, 2042, 2065, 2073, 2138, 2432
History of the codex
This codex was chiefly used by Desiderius Erasmus 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.[4] Erasmus translated the missing last six verses from the Vulgate back to Greek for his editions. As a result its readings and his translation became a basis for the Textus Receptus. Erasmus borrowed the manuscript from Reuchlin, but it was lost for many years until rediscovered in 1861 by Franz Delitzsch.[5]
The manuscript was included to a critical apparatus by Kurt Aland in his 25th edition of Novum Testamentum Graece (1963).[6]
The codex was located in Harburg (Öttingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek), and was transferred together with the whole library to the library of University of Augsburg (I, 1, 4 (0), 1).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ W.W. Combs, Erasmus and the textus receptus, DBSJ 1 (Spring 1996), 45.
- ↑ F. Delizsch, Handschriftliche Funde, Leipzig, 1861.
- ↑ 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. ISBN 0-7123-4727-5
Further reading
- F. Delitzsch, Handschriftliche Funde: Die Erasmischen Entstellungen des Textes der Apokalypse (Leipzig 1861)
- Georg Grupp, Oettingen-Wallerrsteinische Sammlungen in Maihingen, Handschriften-Verzeichnis I, Noerdlingen, 1897.
External links
- Minuscule 2814 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
