Editing Minuscule 470

'''Minuscule 470''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 136 (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Von Soded|Soden]] numbering), 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> 
Scrivener labelled it by number 509.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [[Gospel]]s on 215 parchment leaves (30.2 x 24.7), with only one [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] (Matthew 1:1-13). Written in two columns per page, 23-24 lines per page.<sup>[3]</sup> 
It contains lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 234 - 16:9), [[Eusebian Canons]], lectionary markings, and subscriptions.<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[2]</sup> 
It was beautifully written in a clear bold hand. It has breathings and accents, tolerably but not uniformly correct.<sup>[4]</sup> The manuscript is remarkable free from the errors of [[Iotacism|itacism]], or interchange of vowels ([[Hiatus (linguistics)|hiatus]]).<sup>[5]</sup> The [[nomina sacra]] contracted.

The liturgical apparatus has the larger κεφαλαια prefixed to the last three Gospels, capital letters at the commencement of the Church lessons in gold, the Ammonian Sections in the margin in red ink, and references to the Eusebian Canons in blue.<sup>[5]</sup>

The pericope [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|John 7:53-8:11]] was omitted by original scribe, but it was added by a later hand and placed at the end of the Gospel of John.<sup>[3]</sup>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]].<sup>[6]</sup>

In the whole manuscript very few rare or noticeable readings will be found. According to Scrivener "it approaches as nearly to the [[Textus Receptus|received tect]] as many of a much lower date".<sup>[5]</sup>

[[Hermann von Soden]] included it to the textual group A<sup>k</sup> (subgroup of [[Family Kx|K<sup>x</sup>]]). According to Wisse in Luke 1; 10; 20 it belongs to the same cluster with the codex [[Miluncule 490|490]].<sup>[7]</sup>

== History ==

According to inscription at the end (apparently in the same hand as John 7:53-8:11) proves that it was once at Constantinople:

::επακουσον ημων ο <span style="text-decoration: overline">θς</span> η ελπις παντων των περατων της γης και των εν θαλασση μακραν και ρυσαι ο <span style="text-decoration: overline">θς</span> ημων την πολιν ταυτην και χωραν των χριστιανων απο λιμου λιμου [λοιμου] σισμου καταποντισμου πυρος μαχαιρας επιστιανων αλλοφιλον πολεων δαιμων (?) ημων επακουσον και ελαιησον.<sup>[5]</sup>

The manuscript was brought from the monastery in the Greek Archipelago to England by [[Joseph Dacre Carlyle|Carlyle]] (1759-1804), professor of Arabic, together with the manuscripts [[Minuscule 471|471]], [[Minuscule 472|472]], [[Minuscule 473|473]], [[Minuscule 474|474]], [[Minuscule 475|475]], [[Minuscule 488|488]].<sup>[2]</sup>

The manuscript was examined and collated by J. Farrer of Carlisle in 1804, Scrivener, and Gregory. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]] collated and edited its text in 1852.<sup>[3]</sup>

It is currently housed at the [[Lambeth Palace]] (1175) in [[London]].<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==

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

== References == 

*   1. [[Kurt Aland|Aland, K.]]; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack ([[1994 AD|1994]]). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 75. ISBN 3110119862. 
*   2. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose]]; Edward Miller ([[1894 AD|1894]]). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 249. 
*   3. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] ([[1900 AD|1900]]). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 192. 
*   4. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels (Cambridge and London, [[1852 AD|1852]]), p. XXVI.
*   5. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels (Cambridge and London, [[1852 AD|1852]]), p. XXVII.
*   6. [[Kurt Aland|Aland, Kurt]]; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) ([[1995 AD|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. 
*   7. Frederik Wisse, The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating manuscript Evidence, Studies & Documents 44 (Wm. B. Eerdmans, [[1982 AD|1982]]), p. 61.

== Further reading ==

* [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], ''A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels'' (Cambridge and London, 1852), pp. XXVI-XXVII, 1-178. (as a)

== External links ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_470 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 470]
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