Minuscule 499

Minuscule 499 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 244 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.<ref name = Aland>Aland, K.; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). . Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 76. ISBN 3110119862. </ref> Scrivener labeled it by number 586.<ref name = Scrivener>Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). . London: George Bell & Sons. p. 259. </ref>

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 216 parchment leaves (size ) with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-12:21; John 17:13-21:25). Written in one column per page, 22 lines per page, in ver small hand.<ref name = Scrivener/> It contains the Ammonian Sections, (not Eusebian Canons), incipits, and lectionary markings.<ref name = Gregory>Gregory, Caspar René (1900). . Leipzig. p. 196. </ref> The genealogy in Luke 3:23-38 is in three columns.<ref name = Scrivener/>

The Pericope Adultera John 7:53-8:11 is omitted.<ref name = Gregory/>

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.<ref>Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). . Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. </ref> It is close textually to the codex 53 and 902, and belongs to the textual family K^x.<ref>F. Wisse, The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscripts Evidence (Wm. Eerdmans 1982), p. 61. </ref>

History

The manuscript was bought in 1849 for the British Museum.<ref name = Gregory/> The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. It was examined by Bloomfield, Scrivener, and Gregory.<ref name = Gregory/>

It is currently housed at the British Library (Additional Manuscripts, 17741) in London.<ref name = Aland/>

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism