Editing Minuscule 474

'''Minuscule 474''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 137 (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Von Soded|Soden]] numbering), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. [[Paleography|Paleographically]] it had been assigned to the 11th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 
Scrivener labelled it by number 513.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [[Gospel]]s on 351 parchment leaves (size {{×|22.2|17.3}}), with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] (Matthew 1:1-13:53; 16:28-17:18; 24:39-25:9; 26:71-27:14; Mark 8:32-9:9; John 11:8-3-; 13:8-21:25). Written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page.<sup>[3]</sup> 
It contains κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 241 - 16:20), [[Eusebian Canons]], subscriptions, and lectionary markings.<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> 
It is neatly written but in wretched condition.<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 ==

The manuscript was once in the Trinity monastery at [[Chalke]]. It was brought from the East to England by [[Joseph Dacre Carlyle|Carlyle]] (1759-1804), professor of Arabic, together with the manuscripts [[Minuscule 470|470]], [[Minuscule 471|471]], [[Minuscule 472|472]], [[Minuscule 473|473]], [[Minuscule 475|475]], [[Minuscule 488|488]].<sup>[2]</sup>

The manuscript was examined by J. Farrer in 1804, Scrivener, and Gregory. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]] collated and published its text in 1852.<sup>[3]</sup> The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener.

It is currently housed at the [[Lambeth Palace]] (1179) in [[London]].<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==

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

== References == 

* 1. [[Kurt Aland|Aland, K.]]; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 75. ISBN 3110119862. 
* 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. 249. 
* 3. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 193. 
* 4. [[Kurt Aland|Aland, Kurt]]; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]]. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

== Further reading ==

* [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], ''A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels'' (Cambridge and London, 1852), p. XXXIII. (as e)

== External links ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_474  Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 474]
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