Minuscule 87

Minuscule 87 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), C^L22 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] Formerly it was dated to the 12th century (F. H. A. Scrivener, C. R. Gregory).

Minuscule 87

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Name	Codex Trevirensis
Text	Gospel of John
Date	11th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Cusanusstift
Size	36.5 cm by 25.7 cm
Type	?
Category	none

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).[2] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.[3]

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[4]

The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is omitted.

History

Formerly the manuscript was held in της μονης του προδρομου της κοιμενης εγγιστα της Αετιου αρχαικη δε τη μονη κησις πετρα in Constantinople, as codices 178 and 774.[5]

The manuscript once belonged to the famous scholar, philosopher and mathematician, Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, together with the manuscript 129.[3]

It came from Constantinople; it was housed at Trier.[5] It was examined by Balthasar Cordier, Montfaucon, and Scholz.[3] It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz. Wettstein's 87 is minuscule 250.[5] C. R. Gregory tried to find this manuscript twice in 1884 in Trier and Cusa, but unsuccessfully.[5]

It is currently housed in at the Cusanusstift (Bd. 18), at Bernkastel-Kues.[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 51.
2. 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.
3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 206.
4. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
5. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 148.

Further reading

• Balthasar Cordier, "Catena patrum Graecorum in s. Joannem ex antiquissimo Graeco codice MS. nunc primum in luce edita" (Antwerp, 1630).
• Bernard de Montfaucon, Bibliotheca Coisliniana olim Segueriana, Paris: Ludovicus Guerin & Carolus Robustel, 1715, p. 110.