Minuscule 409
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Minuscule 409 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 424 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 14th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 210 parchment leaves (21 cm by 14.6 cm). Written in one column per page, in 29 lines per page.[1] The writing very rough, the stops being mostly red crosses.[2] It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, Prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, κεφαλαια, Ammonian Sections, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions, and stichoi. The Eusebian Canons absent.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
The text contains many errors and rare readings.[5]
History
Wiedmann and J. G. J. Braun collated portions of the manuscript for Scholz (1794-1852).[2] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[6]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I. 15) in Venice.[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. 71. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1. London. p. 236.
- 3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 187.
- 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. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1861). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. London. p. 174.
- 6. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1. London. p. 225.
