Minuscule 448
Minuscule 448 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 509 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Dated by a colophon to the year 1478.[1]
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 299 parchment leaves (31.2 cm by 21.5 cm). Written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[1] It contains lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι in margin, subscriptions, and very beautiful pictures.[2][3] It is clearly but unskilfully written.[2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
According to the colophon it was written in Rome, Aprill 25, 1478 by John Rhosus of Crete for Francis Gonzaga Cardinal of St. Maria Nuova. It belonged to Giovanni Pietro Arrivabene.[2] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[5] It was examined by Covell, Bloomfield, and Gregory in 1883.<ref name = Gregory/>
It is currently housed at the British Library (Harley 5790) in London.[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. 74. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894 (2005 reprint)). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 239.
- 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 191.
- 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 (reprint 2005)). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 225.