Minuscule 429
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Minuscule 429 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 398 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 14th century (Apocalypse - 15th century).[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the New Testament except Gospels on 204 paper leaves (22.5 cm by 16 cm). Written in one column per page, in 29 lines per page.[1] It contains Prolegomena and many marginal readings.[2]
The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Pauline epistles, Catholic epistles, and Book of Revelation.[2] It contains the Comma Johanneum added by a later hand.
Text
The Greek text of the Acts of the Apostles and the Catholic epistles Aland placed in Category III. It exhibits a remarkable text. Text of the Pauline epistles and Apocalypse is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[3] In Pauline epistles text is close to the codices 206, 522, 1891, and 2815.
History
Acts and epistles were written by George, a monk in the 14th century (Scrivener 13th century). The Apocalypse was added later in the 14th or 15th century.[4]
The manuscript was examined by Knittel, Matthaei.[2]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Herzog August Bibliothek (Codd. Aug. Quarto 16.7.4) in Wolfenbüttel.[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. 189.
- 3. 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. 133. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- 4. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1861). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. London. p. 175.
Further reading
- Knittel, Beuträge zur Kritik über Johannes Offenbarung
External links
- Minuscule 429 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 429
