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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 458 Text Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles Date 11th century Script Greek Now at Laurentian Library Size 17.5 cm by 14.1 cm Type Byzantine Category V Hand beautifully written Minuscule 458 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 160 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] Formerly it was labeled by 88a and 98p.[3]
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 276 parchment leaves (17.5 cm by 14.1 cm) with only one lacunae at the end of Titus.[4] The text is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page.[2]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each sacred books, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, lectionary markings at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book, στιχοι.[4]
The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
History
The manuscript was examined by Birch, Scholz, Biscioni, and C. R. Gregory (1886).[4] It was slightly collated by Scholz.[3]
Formerly it was labeled by 88a and 98p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 458 to it.[1]
It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei IV. 31) 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 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; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 291.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 272. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n285/mode/2up.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- Biscioni, Bibliothecae Mediceo-Laurentianae catalogus, Florence 1752, vol. 2, 66.
External links
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 11th-century biblical manuscripts
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