Editing Minuscule 495

'''Minuscule 495''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 243 (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 12th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 
[[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]] labeled it by number 581.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 181 parchment leaves (size {{×|16.9|12.2}}) with small [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] at the beginning. Written in one column per page, 28-29 lines per page. It contains [[Epistula ad Carpianum]], tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, lectionary markings, Ammonian Sections, [[Eusebian Canons]], [[Synaxarion]], nd [[Menologion]]. It has marginal notes.<sup>[3]</sup>
It has not Eusebian tables but space for it.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Hermann von Soden]] did not include it to the the subfamilies of the Byzantine text, he classified it is a member of the I' group with 28 other manuscripts. Wisse classified it as Kmix.<sup>[4]</sup> [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] did not place it in any [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts|Category]].<sup>[5]</sup>

== History ==

In 1846 the manuscript was bought together with the codex [[Minuscule 496|496]] from captain C. K. MacDonald, who visited [[Mount Sinai|Sinai]] (and saw [[Codex Sinaiticus]]).<sup>[3]</sup> The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]]. It was examined by Scrivener and Bloomfield.<sup>[3]</sup>

It is currently housed at the [[British Library]] (Additional Manuscripts, 16183) 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. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose]]; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 258. 
* 3. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 195. 
* 4. F. Wisse, The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscripts Evidence (Wm. Eerdmans 1982), pp. 50, 61.
* 5. [[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.
== Further reading ==

== External links ==

* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m495 Minuscule 495] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_495 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 495]



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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:12th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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