Minuscule 53
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Minuscule 53 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 444 (Von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 13th or 14th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains complete text of the four Gospels on 140 leaves (size 15.5 cm by 11.5 cm).[1] Written in one column per page, 29-33 lines per page. Capital letters in red ink. The manuscript is beautifully written. The name of scribe was probably Nicholaus (?).[2]
It contains Prolegomena, κεφαλαια and subscriptions, but the Ammonian Sections and the Eusebian Canons absent.[3][2]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.[4]
The manuscript was examined by Mill.[2]
It is currently housed in at the Bodleian Library (Selden Supra 28), at Oxford.[1]
See also
References
- 1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 49.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 140-141.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 148.
- 4. Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 138.
