New Testament manuscript |
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Text | Gospels |
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Date | 15th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Basel University Library |
Size | 29 cm by 21 cm |
Type | Byzantine text-type |
Category | none |
Note | – |
Minuscule 817 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε52 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on paper, with a commentary. It was used by Erasmus. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.
The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels, on 255 paper leaves (size 29 cm by 21 cm).
The text is written in one column per page, 34–46 lines per page.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each of the Gospels, and a commentary of Theophylact.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland did not place it in any category.
It was not examined according to the Claremont Profile Method.
It lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53–8:11).
In John 1:45 it reads Ιησουν τον υιον Ιωσηφ (Jesus, son of Joseph) along with manuscripts: Alexandrinus, Cyprius, Campianus, Macedoniensis, Sangallensis, Petropolitanus, Uncial 047, 7, 8, 196, 461, 1514, 1519; majority of the manuscripts read Ιησουν τον υιον του Ιωσηφ;