Text Gospel of John Script Greek Size 28.3 cm by 20.8 cm | Date 12th century Now at Vatican Library | |
Type Alexandrian text-type / mixed | ||
Minuscule 850 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Κι20 (von Soden), is a 12th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has no complex content.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John (7:25-10:18) on 381 parchment leaves (size 28.3 cm by 20.8 cm), with a catena. The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page. The biblical text is surrounded by a catena, the commentary is of Cyril's authorship.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.
History
F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 10th century, C. R. Gregory dated it to the 12th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.
The manuscript once belonged to the Jesuits Collegium in Paris as a gift from Octavio Bulgarini. Then belonged to Barberini. Minuscule 849 (17th century) probably was rewritten from this manuscript.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (729e) and Gregory (850e). Gregory saw it in 1886.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Barb. gr. 504), in Rome.