Editing Minuscule 498

'''Minuscule 498''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), δ 402 (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> 
Scrivener labeled it by number 584.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the whole [[New Testament]] on 186 parchment leaves (size 26.7 cm by 19 cm) with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] (Matthew 1:1-2:12; Mark 5:2-6:10; Acts 1:1-5:2; James 1:1-5:4; Jude; Romans 1:1-4:9; 2 Thess 2:14-3:18; 1 Timothy 1:1-13; 6:19-21; 2 Timothy 1:1-2:19). Written in one column per page, 35 lines per page, in very small hand.<sup>[2]</sup> It contains prolegomena (later hand), Eusebian tables, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, [[Eusebian Canons]], and [[Euthalius|Euthalian]] apparatus.<sup>[3]</sup>
In Acts τιτλοι and lectionary markings, prolegomena to every epistle.<sup>[2]</sup>

The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Apocalypse. The order of Gospels: Matthew, Luke, Mark, John (as in codex [[Minuscule 392|392]]).<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 is close to [[Codex Campianus]].<sup>[5]</sup>

== History ==

The manuscript was written by Gerasimus.<sup>[2]</sup> It was bought in 1848 by [[Thomas Rodd]].<sup>[3]</sup> 
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]]. It was examined by Bloomfield.<sup>[3]</sup> Scrivener thoroughly examined and collated its text.<sup>[6]</sup> 

It is currently housed at the [[British Library]] (Additional Manuscripts, 17469) 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. 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), p. 61, 100.
*   6. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis (Cambridge and London, 1859), p. 74. (as j)

== Further reading ==

* [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], ''An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis'' (Cambridge and London, 1859), p. 74. (as j)
* [[Herman Hoskier|Herman C. Hoskier]], ''Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse'' (1 vol., London, 1929), p. 296.

== External links ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_498 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 498]


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

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