Minuscule 2817


Minuscule 2817, α 287. Formerly it was labeled as 7pK in all catalogs, but it was renumbered by Gregory, because two manuscripts had number 7. It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 12th 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. 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. Aland placed it in Category V.
It is close to the textual family Kx.
In Ephesians 3:9 it contains the 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 in his Editio Regia, 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, in Basel.