Minuscule 443

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Minuscule 443 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 270 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.^[1]

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

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 235 parchment leaves (28 cm by 21.5 cm). Written in two columns per page, in 24 lines per page.^[1] The columns have size only 17.3 cm by 5.5 cm.^[2] It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, prolegomena, lists of κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, κεφαλαια, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, Synaxarion, Menologion, and subscriptions.^[3] The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) marked with obelus.^[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 manuscript once belonged to Anthony Askew (1722-1774) (as codices 438 and 439). It was bought for the University Library in 1775 for ₤20, at the celebrated book-sale of Anthony Askew.^[2] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[5] It was examined by Gregory in 1886.^[2]

It is currently housed at the Cambridge University Library (Nn. 2.36) in Cambridge.^[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. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 190.
• 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894 (2005 reprint)). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 239.
• 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.

Further reading

• F. H. A. Scrivener, An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis (Cambridge and London, 1859), pp. 35-38.

External links

• Minuscule 443 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 443