Minuscule 465

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Minuscule 465
Text	Acts, Cath., Pauline epistles
Date	11th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size	29.7 cm by 22.3 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V

Minuscule 465 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 166 (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. The manuscript has complex contents.^[2] Formerly it was labeled by 114^a and 134^p.^[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 231 parchment leaves (29.7 cm by 22.3 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page.^[4]

It contains numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, the τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages, lectionary markings at the margin, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of στιχοι, and scholia.^[3]

The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.^[4] It contains some portions of Septuagint (Book of Wisdom, Song of Songs, and Book of Proverbs 1:1-28:8)^[4] and prayers for the service of the Greek Church.^[3] According to Scrivener it is a valuable manuscript.^[3]

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 slightly examined and described by Scholz, Paulin Martin,^[6] and C. R. Gregory (1885). It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 57) in Paris.^[2] According to Scholz, it was formerly indexed in the National Library as Gr. 2247. Isaac Newton cites it by that call number in his discussion of the Johannine Comma.

Formerly it was labeled by 114^a and 134^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 465 to it.^[1]

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. 65. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n75/mode/2up. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Aland, K.; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 75. ISBN 3110119862. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} 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. 293. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 274. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n287/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. ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au N. T., conservés dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 112

Further reading

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 272. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n287/mode/2up. 

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