Minuscule 422
Minuscule 422 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 186 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century.[1]
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 256 parchment leaves (23.8 cm by 16.8 cm). Written in two columns per page, in 28 lines per page.[1] It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Prolegomena, lists of κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, κεφαλαια, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons (partially), Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions, and στιχοι.[2] Lectionary markings were added by a later hand.[3] The manuscript was written by an ignorant scribe, who made a lot of errors.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[5]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bavarian State Library (Gr. 210) in Munich.[1]
See also
References
- 1. Aland, K.; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 72. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 188.
- 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 237.
- 4. 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. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, VoOl. 1. London. p. 225.