Editing Minuscule 496

'''Minuscule 496''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), δ 360 (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 13th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 
Scrivener labeled it by number 582.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the whole [[New Testament]] except Apocalypse on 300 parchment leaves (size 19.7 cm by 13.2 cm). It has not any [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]]. Written in one column per page, 33-40 lines per page. It contains [[Epistula ad Carpianum]], prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, [[Eusebian Canons]], lectionary markings, incipits, [[Synaxarion]], [[Menologion]], subscriptions, and [[Stichometry|στιχοι]].<sup>[3]</sup>

The order of books is usual: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.<sup>[2]</sup> The pericope [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|John 7:53-8:11]] is omitted.<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>[4]</sup>
It contains many important various readings, e.g. it countenances codices [[Codex Sinaiticus|Sinaiticus]], [[Codex Vaticanus|Vaticanus]], and [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|Regius]] in Luke 11:2.4.<sup>[2]</sup> It close textually to the codices [[Minuscule 53|53]] and [[Minuscule 902|902]].<sup>[5]</sup>

== History ==

In 1846 the manuscript was bought together with the codex [[Minuscule 495|495]] 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, 16184) 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. 195-196. 
*   4. [[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. 
*   5. F. Wisse, The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscripts Evidence (Wm. Eerdmans 1982), pp. 50, 61.


== Further reading ==

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_496 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 496]



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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:13th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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