Minuscule 804
manuscript of the New Testament
Minuscule 804 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε614 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript is lacunose.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 261 parchment leaves (size 13.2 cm by 10 cm), with one lacuna at the end (John 15:19-21:25).
The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 235 sections, the last in 16:10), with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, Prolegomena of Cosmas (to Matthew and Luke, added by later hand), list of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each of the Gospels, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical books, incipits, subscriptions at the end each of the Gospels, and portrait of John the Evangelist.
Text
Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kx in Luke 1 and mixed Byzantine text in Luke 20.
“Minuscule 804” enters the record as manuscript of the New Testament. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Minuscule, manuscript and Testament can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 31, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q6870995. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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