Minuscule 451

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Minuscule 451 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 178 (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] Formerly it was labelled by 79^a and 90^p.^[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 Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 161 parchment leaves (19.2 cm by 13.9 cm) with two lacunae (2 Cor 11:15-12:1; Eph 1:9-Heb 13:25). Written in one column per page, in 30 lines per page.^[1] Letters written above lines. It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings, Synaxarion, Menologion, Euthalian apparatus, and στιχοι.^[3]

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is mixed in the Pauline epistles, elsewhere the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category III in Pauline epistles and in Category V elsewhere.^[4] Textually it is very close to the codices 330, 2400, 2492.^[5]

Some unique readings of the codex

Romans 4:11

• λογισθηναι αυτον — 451;
• λογισθηναι και — א* A B 81 330 630 1739 1881 Byz;
• λογισθηναι — 2492

Ephesians 5:9

• πνευματος — P46 D^c Κ Ψ 88 104 181 326 436 451 614 630 1241 1739^mg 1877 1985 2495 Byz ℓ 809 syr^h
• φωτος — P49 א A B D* F G 33 81 330 1739* 1881 1962 cop^sa Lectionaries it vg syr^p, syr^pal cop^{sa, bo}

History

The manuscript was examined by Birch, Scholz, Stornalojo, and Gregory.^[3]

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Urb. gr. 3) in Rome.^[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. 74. ISBN 3110119862.
• 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 290.
• 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 271.
• 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. 133. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
• 5. Colwell E. C., The Four Gospels of Karahissar I, History and Text, Chicago, 1936.

Further reading

External links

• Minuscule 451 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism