Minuscule 456

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Minuscule 456
Text	New Testament (except Gospels)
Date	10th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Laurentian Library
Size	19 cm by 14.1 cm
Category	none
Note	marginalia

Minuscule 456 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 52 (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 labelled by 86^a, 96^p, and 75^r.^[3] Marginalia are incomplete. The manuscript was prepared fr liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 244 parchment leaves (19 cm by 14.1 cm).^[2] The last leaf of the Book of Revelation was added in the 16th century.^[4]

The text is written in two columns per page, in 32 lines per page.^[2] The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.^[4]

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each sacred book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of στιχοι.^[4]

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles (Philemon placed before Hebrews), and Book of Revelation.^[4]

Text

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.^[5]

In Romans 8:1 it reads Ιησου κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν αλλα κατα πνευμα, for Ιησου. The reading of the manuscript is supported by א^c, D^c, K, P, 33, 88, 104, 181, 326, 330, (436 omit μη), 614, 630, 1241, 1877, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect.^[6]

History

The manuscript was examined by Birch, Scholz, Biscioni, and C. R. Gregory (1886).^[4] It was slightly collated by Scholz.^[3] Hoskier collated text of the Apocalypse.

Formerly it was labelled by 86^a, 96^p, and 75^r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 456 to it.^[1]

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei IV. 30) in Florence.^[2]

See also

Bible portal

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

1. ^ ^{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. 
2. ^ ^{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. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 291. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d e} Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 272. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n285/mode/2up. 
5. ^ 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. 
6. ^ UBS3, p. 548.

Further reading

• Biscioni, Bibliothecae Mediceo-Laurentianae catalogus, Florence 1752, vol. 2, 70.
• Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. vol. 1 (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 240-245.

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