Minuscule 808
New Testament manuscript
Minuscule 808 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ203 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. It contains liturgical books and marginalia. The manuscript has complex contents.
Description
The codex contains the whole text of the New Testament, on 414 parchment leaves (size 20 cm by 15.5 cm).
The text is written in one column per page, 30 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. The text of the four Gospels is divided according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241, the last section in 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, Prolegomena, list of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each biblical book, lectionary markings, incipits, liturgical books with hagiographies: Synaxarion and Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of στιχοι, Verses, pictures, and Euthalian Apparatus.
The order of books is usual for the Greek manuscripts: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles (Philemon precede Hebrews), and Apocalypse.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q17010887. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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