Editing Minuscule 892

'''Minuscule 892''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 1016 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]). It is a Greek [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on 353 parchment leaves (23.5 cm by 11.5 cm). Dated [[Paleography|paleografically]] to the 9th century. Written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page, in minuscule letters.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains almost complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]]. The texts of John 10:6-12:18 and 14:23-end were inserted by later hand (on paper, about the 16th century). It includes [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|John 7:53-8:11]] (the first important Greek-only manuscript to have the pericope), [[Matthew 16:2b-3]], Luke 22:43-44, 23:34, and of course [[Mark 16|Mark 16:9-20]]. All these texts were questioned by early Alexandrian manuscripts. In this manuscript was omitted interpolation of the Alexandian text-type in Matt. 27:49.<sup>[2]</sup> 

Words written continuously without separation. [[Hermann von Soden]] observed that the manuscript preserved the division in pages and lines of its uncial parent.<sup>[3]</sup> The Ammonian sections and the [[Eusebian Canons]] were given in the left-hand margin. 

[[Synaxarion]] and [[Menologion]] were added in the 13th century. John 10:6-12:18; 14:24-21:25 was added by later hand in the 16th century.<sup>[4]</sup>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex, is a representative of the late [[Alexandrian text-type]], with some the [[Byzantine text-type|Byzantine]] readings. It is one of the most important of all minuscule manuscripts. It contains many remarkable readings of an early type.<sup>[5]</sup> 

It is probably the best survived minuscule witness to the Gospels. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category II|Category II]].<sup>[6]</sup> 

Matthew 19:16
: διδασκαλε (''teacher'') — א, B, D, L, ''f''<sup>1</sup>, 892<sup>txt</sup>, 1010, 1365, [[Lectionary 5|'''ℓ''' ''5'']], it<sup>a, d, e, ff1</sup>, cop<sup>bo</sup>, eth, geo, Origen, Hilary;
: διδασκαλε αγαθε (''good teacher'') — C, K, W, Δ, Θ, ''f''<sup>13</sup>, 28, 33, 565, 700, 892<sup>mg</sup>, 1009, 1071, 1079, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241, 1242, 1253, 1344, 1546, 1646, 2148, 2174, Byz, Lect, it, vg, syr, copsa, arm, eth, Diatessaron.<sup>[7]</sup>

In Mark 10:7 phrase και προσκολληθησεται προς την γυναικα αυτου (''and be joined to his wife'') omitted, as in codices [[Codex Sinaiticus]], [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|Vaticanus]], [[Codex Athous Lavrensis]], [[Lectionary 48|'''ℓ''' ''48'']], [[Syriac Sinaiticus|syr<sup>s</sup>]], goth.<sup>[8]</sup> 

In Luke 4:17 it has textual variant καὶ ἀνοίξας τὸ βιβλίον (''and opened the book'') together with the manuscripts [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]], [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|B]], [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]], [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]], [[Codex Zacynthius|Ξ]], [[Minuscule 33|33]], 1195, 1241, [[Lectionary 547|'''ℓ''' ''547'']], syr<sup>s, h, pal</sup>, cop<sup>sa, bo</sup>, against variant καὶ ἀναπτύξας τὸ βιβλίον (''and unrolled the book'') supported by א, D<sup>c</sup>, [[Codex Cyprius|K]], [[Codex Sangallensis 48|Δ]], [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]], [[Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament)|Π]], [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]], ''f''<sup>1</sup>, ''f''<sup>13</sup>, [[Minuscule 28|28]], [[Minuscule 565|565]], [[Minuscule 700|700]], 1009, 1010 and many other manuscripts.<sup>[9]</sup><sup>[10]</sup>

In John 1:28 it has textual variant Βηθαραβα together with the [[Codex Sinaiticus]] (second corrector), syr<sup>h</sup> and several other manuscripts.<sup>[11]</sup>

== History ==

The codex was acquired by the [[British Museum]] in 1887.<sup>[12]</sup> Now it is located in the [[British Library]] (Add. 33277) at [[London]].<sup>[1]</sup> 

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Textual criticism]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]

== References ==

*   1.[[Kurt Aland|K. Aland]], M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 100.
*   2. See: Western non-interpolations.
*   3. Hermann von Soden, "Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt", I, (Berlin, 1907), ss. 973-978.
*   4. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 230. 
*   5. [[Bruce Metzger|Bruce M. Metzger]], "Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Greek Paleography", Oxford University Press, New York - Oxford, 1991, p. 106.
*   6. [[Kurt Aland]], Barbara Aland, The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 134.
*   7. UBS3, p. 74.
*   8. UBS3, p. 164.
*   9. [[Bruce Metzger|Bruce M. Metzger]], A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2001), p. 114.
*  10. NA26, p. 164.
*  11. http://www.bibletranslation.ws/trans/john.pdf
*  12. [[Bruce Metzger|Bruce M. Metzger]], Bart D. Ehrman, The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration, (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 90.



== Further reading ==

* [[J. Rendel Harris]], ''An Important MS of the New Testament'', ''[[Journal of Biblical Literature|JBL]]'', IX (1890), pp. 31-59.
* Hermann von Soden, ''Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt'', I, II (Berlin, 1907), pp. 973-978.

== External links ==

* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts501-1000.html#m892 Minuscule 892] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_892 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 892]

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