Minuscule 823
New Testament manuscript
Minuscule 823 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ368 (von Soden), is a 13th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment.
Description
The codex contains the text of the New Testament, except Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), on 251 parchment leaves (size 18 cm by 13 cm). It contains also Book of Psalms and Hymns. The text of Matthew 1:1-3:9 was supplied by a later hand.
The text is written in one column per page, 35-39 lines per page.
The letters are very small.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), and according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections, the last numbered section in 16:9). The numbers of the κεφαλαια are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. The numbers of the Ammonian Sections are given at the margin, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains 16 pictures.
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The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as new Testament manuscript. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 28, 2020. The linked authority identifier is Q6871012. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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