Minuscule 449
From Textus Receptus
Minuscule 448 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 330 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[1]
Contents |
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels in two volumes on 317 (146 + 171) parchment leaves (12.8 cm by 9.1 cm). Written in one column per page, in 23-24 lines per page.[1] It contains prolegomena, lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 233), Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions, and pictures.[2][3] It was clearly carefully 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
The manuscripts was written by Gerasimus, a monk.[2] It once belonged together with the codex 44 to Caesar de Missy (1703-1775), French chaplain. It came to London in 1748.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[5] It was examined by Gregory in 1883[3]
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add. 4950, 4951) 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. 239-240.
- 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.
