Minuscule 5
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Minuscule 5 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 453 (Soden). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 342 parchment leaves (21 by 15.5 cm), dated paleographically to the 13th century. Written in one column per page, 28 lines per page.[1]
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Description
The codex contains entire of the New Testament except the Book of Revelation. The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles; Hebrews placed before 1 Timothy, Colossians precede Philippians. The text is written in one column per page, 28 lines per page.[]
It contains tables of the κεφαλαια before each book, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) are given at the margin, the τιτλοι (titles) at the top, the Ammonian Sections (Mark 234 Sections – the last in Mark 16:9), a references to the Eusebian Canons, the Euthalian Apparatus.[]
According to Scrivener it was carefully written.[]
History
Calabria probably is the place of its provenance.[2] It was used by Robert Estienne in his Editio Regia, and designated by him as δ'. It was examined by Wettstein and Scholz.[3]
The codex is located now at the National Library of France (Gr. 106) in Paris.[1]
See also
References
- 1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 47.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 129.
- 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 191.
- 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. 129. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
- F. J. A. Hort, Journal of philology, Vol. 3, London und Cambridge 1871, p. 70.
External links
- Minuscule 5 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 5
