Minuscule 886
New Testament manuscript
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Minuscule 886 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering),[1] is a 15th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper, with a commentary. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Cod. Regin. grec. 6 |
|---|---|
| Text | New Testament † |
| Date | 15th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Vatican Library |
| Size | 34.6 cm by 24.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine |
| Category | V |
Description
The codex contains the text of the New Testament (except Catholic epistles), with a commentary, on 336 paper leaves (size 34.6 cm by 24.5 cm).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 59 lines per page.[2][3]
The commentary is of authorship of Nicetas of Naupactus in the Gospels, of Theophylact in the Acts of the Apostles and Pauline epistles. The Apocalypse has a commentary of an anonymous writer.[4][5]
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables (before four Gospels), κεφαλαια lists before each biblical book.[4]
Text
Kurt and Barbara Aland gave the textual profile 2091, 992, 21/2, 14s in the Gospels, 151, 32, 31/2, 4s in the Acts, and 1711, 432, 91/2, 23s in the Pauline epistles. On the basis of this profile Alands placed it in Category V.[6] It means it is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.[7]
It was not examined according to the Claremont Profile Method.[8]
History
The manuscript is dated by a colophon to the year 1454.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.[3]
It once belonged to Ignatius, metropolitan, then to Demetrius Leontari, then to Christian Baue in Berlin.[4] The manuscript was described by Henry Stevenson.[4][9] Gregory saw it in 1886.[4] The text of the Apocalypse was collated by Herman C. Hoskier.[10]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (698e),[5] Gregory (886e).[4]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Reg. gr. 6), in Rome.[2][3]
