Minuscule 847
New Testament manuscript
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Minuscule 847 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a 12th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has no complex content.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Matthew, Mark |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Angelica |
| Size | 29.5 cm by 22 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | none |
| Note | commentary |
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Mark on 280 parchment leaves (size 29.5 cm by 22 cm), with a catena. The text is written in one column per page, 33 lines per page.[1][2] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.[3]
It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, Synaxarion, subscriptions at the end of the Gospels, and numbers of στιχοι.[4][3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[5]
History
F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[4] Other palaeographers dated it to the 14th century.[3] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[2]
The manuscript once belonged to Cardinal Domenico Passionei.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (723e)[3] and Gregory (847e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[4][6]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Angelica (Ms. 36), in Rome.[1][2]
