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| - | The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 216 parchment leaves (size {{×|23.8|17}}) with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] (Matthew 1:1-12:21; John 17:13-21:25). Written in one column per page, 22 lines per page, in ver small hand.<sup>[1]</sup> It contains the Ammonian Sections, (not [[Eusebian Canons]]), incipits, and lectionary markings.<sup>[3]</sup> | + | The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 216 parchment leaves (size {{×|23.8|17}}) with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] ([[Matthew 1]]:1-[[Matthew 12|12]]:21; [[John 17]]:13-[[John 21|21]]:25). Written in one column per page, 22 lines per page, in ver small hand.<sup>[1]</sup> It contains the Ammonian Sections, (not [[Eusebian Canons]]), incipits, and lectionary markings.<sup>[3]</sup> |
| - | The genealogy in [[ | + | The genealogy in [[Luke 3]]:23-38 is in three columns.<sup>[2]</sup> |
The Pericope Adultera [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|John 7:53-8:11]] is omitted.<sup>[1]</sup> | The Pericope Adultera [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|John 7:53-8:11]] is omitted.<sup>[1]</sup> | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 17 August 2009
Minuscule 499 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 244 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.[1] Scrivener labeled it by number 586.[2]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 216 parchment leaves (size ) with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-12:21; John 17:13-21:25). Written in one column per page, 22 lines per page, in ver small hand.[1] It contains the Ammonian Sections, (not Eusebian Canons), incipits, and lectionary markings.[3]
The genealogy in Luke 3:23-38 is in three columns.[2]
The Pericope Adultera John 7:53-8:11 is omitted.[1]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
It is close textually to the codex 53 and 902, and belongs to the textual family Kx.[5]
History
The manuscript was bought in 1849 for the British Museum.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. It was examined by Bloomfield, Scrivener, and Gregory.[3]
It is currently housed at the British Library (Additional Manuscripts, 17741) in London.[1]
See also
References
- 1. 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. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 259.
- 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 196.
- 4. 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.
