- Minuscule 478
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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 478 Text Gospels Date 10th century Script Greek Now at British Library Size 17.5 cm by 12 cm Type Byzantine text-type Category V Hand beautifully written Note marginalia Minuscule 478 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1126 (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. Scrivener labeled it by number 575.[2] It has complex context and full marginalia.
Contents
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 268 parchment leaves (size 17.5 cm by 12 cm), without any lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.[3][4]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the en of each Gospel, στιχοι, and scholia.[3][2] The manuscript is elegantly and correctly written.[3] It contains the pericope John 7:53-8:11 but marked with an obelus.[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 1:11, it reads Ιωσιας δε εγεννησεν τον Ιωακειμ, Ιωακειμ δε εγεννησεν τον Ιεχονιαν instead of Ιωσιας δε εγεννησεν τον Ιεχονιαν. The reading is supported by Codex Campianus, Codex Koridethi, Σ, f1, 33, 258, 661, 791, 954, 1216, 1230, 1354, 1604, ℓ 54.[7]
History
Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.[4]
The manuscript once belonged to Bishop of Caesarea Palaestina. It was brought to the British Museum in 1838. Henry Howard, Evelyn's Duke of Norfolk, presented it to the Royal Society. It was transferred in 1831 to the British Museum.[2]
The manuscript was examined and collated by Scrivener, who published its text in 1852.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (575) and Gregory (478). It was re-examined by Bloomfield. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[3]
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add 11300) in London.[4]
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 c 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. 256.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 193. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n205/mode/2up.
- ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; 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.
- ^ 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. 2; UBS3, p. 2.
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. XL. (as k)
- S. T. Bloomfield, Catalogue of ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum (London 1881), Plate 16.
- E. M. Thompson, An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography (Oxford, 1912), p. 226.
External links
- Minuscule 478 at the British Library
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 10th-century biblical manuscripts
- British Library additional manuscripts
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