Editing Minuscule 232

'''Minuscule 232''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 455 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. Dated by a [[Colophon (publishing)|colophon]] to the year 1302.<sup>[1]</sup> Scrivener deciphered it as the year 1292.<sup>[2]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains a complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s, on 289 parchment leaves (size 22 cm by 17.5 cm).<sup>[1]</sup> Written in one column per page, 20-22 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> It contains τιτλοι and double [[Synaxarion]].<sup>[3]</sup> 
Titloi in the margin of Matthew and Luke. Elegantly written, but scribe used a poor source.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]].<sup>[4]</sup> 

== History ==

It was described by D. G. Moldenhauer, who collated it about 1783 for [[Andrew Birch|Birch]].<sup>[3]</sup> It was also collated by [[Christian Frederick Matthaei|Matthaei]]. 

It is currently housed at the [[Escurial]] (Cod. Escurialensis, y. III. 7).<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==

* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==

*   1. [[Kurt Aland|K. Aland]], M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 61.
*   2. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose]]; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 222. 
*   3. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 170. 
*   4. [[Kurt Aland]], and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]], Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 138.



== Further reading ==

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_232 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 232]

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:12th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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