Text Pauline epistles Script Greek Type Byzantine text-type | Date 12th century Size 28.5 cm by 21.5 cm | |
Now at Basel University Library | ||
Minuscule 2817 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 287 (von Soden). Formerly it was labeled as 7pK in all catalogs, but it was renumbered by Gregory, because two manuscripts had number 7 (7e and 7p). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 12th century.
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Description
The codex contains the text of the Pauline epistles, on 387 parchment pages with only one lacunae. Manuscript ends on Hebr 12:18. It is written in one column per page, 28-32 lines per page. The text is written on a parchment in minuscule. It contains notes and glosses.
The Greek text of the Gospels is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it as Ifb (together with minuscules 115, 179, 267, 659, 827). Aland placed it in Category V. It is close to the textual family Kx.
History of the codex
This codex was used by Erasmus in his Novum Testamentum. It was used also by Robert Estienne in his Editio Regia (1550), who designated it as ς'. In result its readings became a part of the Textus Receptus.
The codex is located now at the Basel University Library (Cod. A. N. III. 11), in Basel.