Minuscule 452

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Minuscule 452 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 206 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.^[1] Formerly it was labelled by 80^a, 91^p and 42^r.^[2]

Contents 1 Description 2 Text 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Description

The codex contains the text of the New Testament except Gospels on 327 parchment leaves (16.8 cm by 13 cm). Written in one column per page, in 21-22 lines per page.^[1] Letters written above lines. It contains Prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, subscriptions, στιχοι, and Euthalian apparatus.^[3]

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles (Hebrews before 1 Timothy), and Book of Revelation.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4]

History

The manuscript was held in the Library of St. Silvester at the time of Pope Pius II. It was deposited to the Vatican Library in time of Pope Clement XI.^[3]

The manuscript was examined by Birch, Scholz, Duchesne, Stevenson, and Gregory.^[3] It was slightly collated by Scholz.^[2] Herman C. Hoskier collated text of the Apocalypse.

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Reg. gr. Pii II 50) in Rome.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

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. 74. ISBN 3110119862.
• 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 290.
• 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 271.
• 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.

Further reading

• Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. vol. 1 (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 110-114.

External links

• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 452