Editing Minuscule 252

'''Minuscule 252''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 438 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. [[Paleography|Paleographically]] it had been assigned to the 11th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 123 parchment leaves (22.5 cm by 16.8 cm).<sup>[1]</sup> Written in 1 column per page, 33 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> It contains tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, [[Eusebian Canons]], lectionary markings, αναγνωσεις, corrections and double readings from another copy, made by ''prima manu''.<sup>[2]</sup><sup>[3]</sup> 

Formerly it belonged to the same codex as [[Minuscule 464|464]] (Acts and Epistles).<sup>[1]</sup>

== History ==

Formerly the manuscript was held at the monastery at [[Mount Athos|Athos]] peninsula. It was brought to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the [[Patriarch Nikon]], in the reign of [[Alexis of Russia|Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov]] (1645-1676). The manuscript was collated by [[Christian Frederick Matthaei|C. F. Matthaei.]]<sup>[4]</sup> It was bought for Dresdener Bibliothek in 1788.<sup>[2]</sup> After World War II it was brought to Moscow.

It was examined by Matthaei, [[Samuel Prideaux Tregelles|Tregelles]], and Gregory.<sup>[2]</sup> 

The manuscript was housed at the [[Saxon State Library]] (A 145) at [[Dresden]].<sup>[1]</sup>

Currently the manuscript is housed at [[Moscow]] (Staatsarchiv, F. 1607, No. 5).

== See also ==

* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==

*   1. [[Kurt Aland|K. Aland]], M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 62.
*   2. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 172.
*   3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 224.
*   4. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 224.



== Further reading ==

* C. F. Matthaei, ''Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine'', (Riga, 1782-1788).

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_252 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 252]

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