Minuscule 469

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Minuscule 469
Text	New Testament (except Gospels)
Date	13th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size	23.5 cm by 17 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V
Note	marginalia

Minuscule 469 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 306 (in the Soden numbering),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.^[2] It was adapted for liturgical use. Formerly it was labeled by 119^a, 139^p, and 56^r.^[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the whole New Testament except Gospels on 229 parchment leaves (size 23.5 cm by 17 cm), with only one lacuna (2 Corinthians 1:8-2:4). The text is written in one column per page, 24-25 lines per page.^[4]

It contains prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, αναγνωσεις (lessons), Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of στιχοι.^[3]

The Catholic epistles follow the 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 slightly examined by Scholz, Reiche and C. R. Gregory (1885). It was the last manuscript added it to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.^[6] Herman C. Hoskier collated its text only for the Book of Revelation.

Formerly it was labeled by 119^a, 139^p, and 56^r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 469 to it.^[1]

It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 102A) in Paris.^[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. 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} Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 293. 
4. ^ ^{a b} 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 Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 114

Further reading

• Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse (1 vol., London, 1929), pp. 170-178.

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