Codex Basiliensis A. N. III. 11, known as 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. Scrivener and the INTF date it to the 11th century.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Pauline epistles, on 387 parchment pages with only one lacuna. The manuscript ends at Hebrews 12:18. It is written with one column per page, 28-32 lines per page.Kurt Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 212. The text is written on a parchment in minuscule. It contains notes and glosses, which surround the biblical text in the top, outer, and bottom margins.
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 part of the textual family Kx.
In Ephesians 1:8 it contains the Textus Receptus reading of διανοιας rather than the majority reading καρδίας. In Ephesians 3:9 it contains the Textus Receptus reading of κοινωνια in the text and catena rather than the majority reading "οικονομία".
History of the codex This codex was used by Erasmus in his Novum Testamentum. It was used also by Robert Estienne (known as Stephanus) 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.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules (2001–) Textus Receptus Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
References
Further reading
Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte, Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902-1910.
External links Minuscule 2817 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism