Editing Minuscule 494

'''Minuscule 494''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 437 (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Von Soded|Soden]] numbering), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it had been assigned to the 14th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 222 parchment leaves (size {{×|20.3|15.2}}) with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] (Mark 6:56-7:17; 10:8-25; Luke 8:37-51; 11:17-32; 20:20-21:2; 24:26-53; John 1:1-22). Written in one column per page, 23 lines per page. It contains prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, [[Eusebian Canons]], lectionary markings, incipits, [[Synaxarion]], and subscriptions. It has marginal notes.<sup>[2]</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>[3]</sup>
[[Hermann von Soden]] included it to the textual family [[Family Kx|K<sup>x</sup>]].<sup>[4]</sup>

== History ==

The manuscript was bought for the [[British Museum]] from J. Greville Chester. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory.<sup>[2]</sup>

It is currently housed at the [[British Library]] (Additional Manuscripts, 32341) 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). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 76. ISBN 3110119862. 
*   2. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 195. 
*   3. [[Kurt Aland|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. 
*   4. F. Wisse, The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscripts Evidence (Wm. Eerdmans 1982), p. 61.



== Further reading ==

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_494 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 494]



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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:14th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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