Minuscule 87
From Textus Receptus
Minuscule 87 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), CL22 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century.[1] Formerly it was dated to the 12 century (Scrivener, Gregory).
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Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John, with a catena, on 231 leaves (size 36.5 cm by 25.7 cm).[1]
History
It once belonged to the famous scholarch, philosopher and mathematician, Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, together with the manuscript 129.[2] It came from Constantinople. It was housed at Trier.[3] It was examined by Balthasar Cordier, Montfaucon, Wettstein and Scholz.[2]
It is currently housed in at the Cusanusstift (Bd. 18), at Bernkastel-Kues.[1]
See also
References
- 1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 51.
- 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 206.
- 3. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 148.
Further reading
- Balthasar Cordier, "Catena patrum Graecorum in s. Joannem ex antiquissimo Graeco codice MS. nunc primum in luce edita" (Antwerp, 1630).
- B. Montfaucon, Bibliotheca Coisliniana olim Segueriana, Paris: Ludovicus Guerin & Carolus Robustel, 1715, p. 110.
