Minuscule 441

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Minuscule 441 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O¹⁸ (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 13th century.^[1]

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 8,14 — First Epistle to the Corinthians 15:38 on 90 parchment leaves (23 cm by 17 cm). It has not Catholic epistles. Written in one column per page, in 38-39 lines per page.^[1] It contains the Euthalian apparatus, subscriptions, στιχοι. The biblical tex is sorrounded by a catena of Oecumenius.^[2][3]

Some of leaves of the codex are in disorder. The order of leaves: 3-16. 17. 18. 1. 2. 19-30.31-46.47-58.59.63. 64. 59. 60. 61. 62. 73. 74. 65. 66. 69-72. 67. 68. 75-78. 127-142. 79-126. 143-158. 167-182. 159-166.^[3]

Leaves 183-440 of the same codex formerly belonged to the other manuscript. They were bound together. These leaves have a duplicate portion (1 Cor 13:6-15:38) and some contradictory readings.^[2] Now they are classified as Minuscule 442.^[1]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.^[4]

History

The manuscript was bought at Venice by Sparvenfeldt in 1678.<ref name = Gregory/> It was examined by Belsheim.<ref name = Scrivener/>

It is currently housed at the University of Uppsala (Gr. 1, p. 3-182) in Uppsala.^[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. 73. ISBN 3110119862.
• 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894 (2005 reprint)). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 290.
• 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 270.
• 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.

Further reading

• P. F. Aurivill, Codex Graecus Nov. Foederis (Uppsala, 1783, 1786).

External links

• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 441