Minuscule 499
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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.<ref name = Aland>Kurt Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments (Walter de Gruyter: Berlin, New York, 1994), p. 76. isbn = 3110119862 </ref> Scrivener labeled it by number 586.<ref name = Scrivener>Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener, (ed.) Edward Miller, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, (George Bell & Sons: London, 1894), vol. 1, p. 259. </ref>
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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.<ref name = Scrivener/> It contains the Ammonian Sections, (not Eusebian Canons), incipits, and lectionary markings.<ref name = Gregory>Caspar René Gregory, extkritik des Neuen Testaments, Leipzig 1900, Vol. 1, p. 196. </ref> The genealogy in Luke 3:23-38 is in three columns.<ref name = Scrivener/>
The Pericope Adultera John 7:53-8:11 is omitted.<ref name = Gregory/>
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.<ref>Kurt Aland, Barbara Aland, The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.), (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company: Grand Rapids, 1995), p. 139. isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1</ref> It is close textually to the codex 53 and 902, and belongs to the textual family Kx.<ref>F. Wisse, The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscripts Evidence (Wm. Eerdmans 1982), p. 61. </ref>
History
The manuscript was bought in 1849 for the British Museum.<ref name = Gregory/> The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. It was examined by Bloomfield, Scrivener, and Gregory.<ref name = Gregory/>
It is currently housed at the British Library (Additional Manuscripts, 17741) in London.<ref name = Aland/>
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.
