Minuscule 473

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Minuscule 473 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1390 (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] Scrivener labelled it by number 512.^[2]

Contents 1 Description 2 Text 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospels on 309 parchment leaves (size ), with only one lacunae (Matthew 1:1-8). Written in two columns per page, 22-24 lines per page.^[3] It contains prolegomena, lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 240 - 16:9), Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, Synaxarion (later hand), Menologion, and subscriptions.^[3][2] It is splendidly illuminated.^[2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4]

It was classified by Hermann von Soden as I^kc, as a part of the third group of Family Π witnesses, along with such manuscripts as 229, 280, 482, and 1354.

History

The manuscript was once in Constantinople, but brought from the East to England by Carlyle (1759-1804), professor of Arabic, together with the manuscripts 470, 471, 472, 474, 475, 488.^[2]

The manuscript was examined by J. Farrer in 1804, Scrivener, and Gregory. Scrivener collated and published its text in 1852.^[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener.

It is currently housed at the Lambeth Palace (1178) in London.^[1]

See also

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

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. 75. ISBN 3110119862.
• 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 249.
• 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 193.
• 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

• F. H. A. Scrivener, A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels (Cambridge and London, 1852), p. XXXI. (as d)

External links

• Minuscule 473 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 473