Editing Minuscule 491

'''Minuscule 491''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 152 (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Von Soded|Soden]] numbering), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it had been assigned to the 11th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 
Scrivener labeled it by number 576.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [[New Testament]] except Book of Revelation on 305 parchment leaves (size {{×|18.8|13.5}}) with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] (Matthew 1:1-28; Acts 1:1-23; 7:8-39). Written in one column per page, 34 lines per page. It is beautifully written. It contains the Eusebian tables (blank), tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (236 - 16:12), (not [[Eusebian Canons]]), and subscriptions.<sup>[3]</sup>
It contains also [[Book of Psalms]] nad Hymns with lacunae in Ps 1-3.<sup>[3]</sup>
The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, Psalms.

== 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>
According to Scrivener it is similar to [[Minuscule 440|440]].<sup>[2]</sup> It belongs to group 16 with the manuscripts [[Minuscule 16|16]], [[Minuscule 119|119]], [[Minuscule 217|217]], [[Minuscule 330|330]], [[Minuscule 578|578]], [[Minuscule 693|693]], [[Minuscule 1528|1528]].<sup>[5]</sup>

== History ==

The manuscript once belonged to the [[Bishop Butler]]'s collection (as [[Minuscule 492|492]] and [[Minuscule 493|493]]).<sup>[2]</sup> 

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]]. It was examined by Scrivener and Bloomfield.<sup>[3]</sup>

It is currently housed at the [[British Library]] (Additional Manuscripts, 11836) 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. 76. 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. 257-258. 
*   3. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 195. 
*   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. 
*   5. F. Wisse, The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscripts Evidence (Wm. Eerdmans 1982), p. 107.



== Further reading ==

* W. J. Elliott, ''The Relationship between 322 and 323 of the Greek New Testament'' NTS 14 (1968), pp.&nbsp;271-281. 

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_491 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 491]

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:Septuaginta manuscripts]]
[[Category:11th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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