Minuscule 421
From Textus Receptus
Minuscule 421 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 259 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated to year ca. 1300.[1] Formerly it was designated by 64a and 69p. Marginal equipment is not complete.
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Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 279 parchment leaves (18.8 cm by 14 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[1]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary equipment at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book,Synaxarion, and Menologion.[2][3]
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[4]
History
Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[2]
The manuscript was carefully written by John Tarchaniota. Auger Busbecq brought it, together with codex 425, from Constantinople to Vienna. The manuscript was examined by Treschow, Alter, and Birch.[3] Alter used it in his edition of NT, vol 2, pp. 789-853. Gregory saw it in 1887.[2]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Austrian National Library (Theol. gr. 303) in Vienna.[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. 269.
- 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894 (2005 reprint)). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 290.
- 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.
Further reading
- Novum Testamentum Graecum, ad Codicen Vindobonensem Graece expressum: Varietam Lectionis addidit Franciscus Carolus Alter, 2 vols. 8vo, Vienna, 1787, vol. 2, pp. 789-853.
