- Minuscule 474
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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 474 Text Gospels Date 11th century Script Greek Now at Lambeth Palace Size 22.2 cm by 17.3 cm Type Byzantine text-type Category V Hand neatly written Note bad condition Minuscule 474 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 137 (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] Scrivener labeled it by number 513.[3]
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 351 parchment leaves (size 22.2 cm by 17.3 cm), with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-13:53; 16:28-17:18; 24:39-25:9; 26:71-27:14; Mark 8:32-9:9; John 11:8-3; 13:8-21:25). It is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page. There is a pagination with Armenian numbers.[4]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 Sections - 16:20), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[4]
It contains subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical reading).[4][3] It is neatly written but in wretched condition.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[6]
In Matthew 2:11 it reads ευρον for ειδον.[7]
History
The manuscript was once in the Trinity monastery at Chalke. It was brought from the East to England by Carlyle (1759-1804), professor of Arabic, together with the manuscripts 470, 471, 472, 473, 475, 488.[3]
The manuscript was examined by J. Farrer in 1804, Scrivener, and Gregory. Scrivener collated and published its text in 1852.[4] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (513) and Gregory (474). Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]
It is currently housed at the Lambeth Palace (1179) in London.[2]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d 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. 249.
- ^ a b c d e Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 193. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n205/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.
- ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 61. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ NA26, p. 4.
Further reading
- F. H. A. Scrivener, A Full and Exact Collation of About 20 Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels (Cambridge and London, 1852), p. XXXIII. (as e)
External links
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 11th-century biblical manuscripts
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