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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 454 Text Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles Date 10th century Script Greek Now at Laurentian Library Size 33 cm by 25 cm Type Byzantine Category V Minuscule 454 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Ο 8 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.[2] Formerly it was labeled by 84a and 94p.[3]
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 244 parchment leaves (33 cm by 25 cm).[2] It lacks Hebrews 13:21-25.[4] The test is written in two columns per page, in 32 lines per page.[2]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters), the τιτλοι (titles), subscriptions at the end of each book, στιχοι, and a commentaries (Chrysostom's on the Acts, Nicetas on the all the Epistles).[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles (Hebrews placed before 1 Timothy).[4]
History
The manuscript was examined by Birch, Scholz, and Biscioni. It was slightly collated by Scholz.[3] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]
Formerly it was labeled by 84a and 94p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 454 to it.[1]
It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei IV. 1) in Florence.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 64. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n75/mode/2up.
- ^ a b c d Aland, K.; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 74. ISBN 3110119862.
- ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 291.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 271. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n283/mode/2up.
- ^ Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). [isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1 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
- Biscioni, Bibliothecae Mediceo-Laurentianae catalogus, Florence 1752, vol. 2, 2.
External links
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 10th-century biblical manuscripts
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