Minuscule 478
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Minuscule 478 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1126 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 10th century.[1] Scrivener labelled it by number 575.[2]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospels on 268 parchment leaves (size ), with only one lacunae (John 11:18-41). Written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.[3] It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, subscriptions, στιχοι, and scholia.[3][2] The manuscript is elegantly and correctly written.[3] It contains the pericope John 7:53-8:11 but marked with obelus.[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 once belonged to Bishop of Caesarea Palaestina. It was brought to the British Museum in 1838. Henry Howard, Evelyn's Duke of Norfolk, presented it to the Royal Society. It was transferred in 1831 to the British Museum.[2]
The manuscript was examined and collated by Scrivener, who published its text in 1852.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. It was re-examined by Bloomfield. Gregory saw it in 1883.
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add 11300) 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. 75. 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. 256.
- 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 193.
- 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
- F. H. A. Scrivener, A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels (Cambridge and London, 1852), p. XL. (as k)
- Bloomfield, Catalogue of ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum (London 1881), Plate 16.
- E. M. Thompson, An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography (Oxford, 1912), p. 226.
