Minuscule 479

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Minuscule 479 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 2491 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 13th century.[1] Scrivener labelled it by number 542.[2]

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Description

The codex contains the whole text of the New Testament except Book of Apocalypse on 231 parchment leaves (size ). Written in one column per page, 29 lines per page.[3] It contains tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, lectionary markings, αναγνοωσεις, στιχοι, subscriptions, and scholia of Chrysostom. It does not contain the τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, and Eusebian Canons.[3][2] It has Euthalian apparatus to the Acts, Catholic, and Pauline epistles. The order of books: Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.[3] It contains the pericope John 7:53-8:11 but marked with obelus.[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] It belongs to the textual family Family Kr.[6]

History

Formerly the manuscript belonged to the monastery του μετεωρου. The manuscript once belonged to Bishop of Caesarea Palaestina. It was bought by in 1837 by Christian Wordsworth († 1885), Bishop of Lincoln, and bears a stamp Biblioteca Suchtelen (Russian Ambassador at Stockholm).[2]

The manuscript was examined and collated by Scrivener, who published its text in 1852.[4] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. Gregory saw it in 1883.

It is currently housed at the Selly Oak College (Cod. Migdana Gr. 3) in Birmingham.[1]

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References


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. XLII. (as l)
  • F. H. A. Scrivener, An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis (Cambridge and London, 1859), p. 63. (as g)
  • J. N. Birdsal, Greek Hagiographical Manuscripts in the Library of the Selly Oak Colleges, Anal. Boll 86 (1968), pp. 333-336.

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