Minuscule 456

Minuscule 456

New Testament manuscript

Folio 1 recto
Text New Testament (except Gospels)
Date 10th century
Script Greek
Now at Laurentian Library
Size 19 cm by 14.1 cm
Category none
Note marginalia

Minuscule 456 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 52 (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.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 86a, 96p, and 75r.[3] Marginalia are incomplete. The manuscript was prepared for liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation on 244 parchment leaves (19 cm by 14.1 cm).[2] The last leaf of the Book of Revelation was added in the 16th century.[4]

The text is written in two columns per page, in 32 lines per page.[2] The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.[4]

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each sacred book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of στιχοι.[4]

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles (Philemon placed before Hebrews), and Book of Revelation.[4]

Text

Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[5]

In Romans 8:1 it reads Ιησου κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν αλλα κατα πνευμα, for Ιησου. The reading of the manuscript is supported by אc, Dc, K, P, 33, 88, 104, 181, 326, 330, (436 omit μη), 614, 630, 1241, 1877, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect.[6]

History

The manuscript was examined and slightly collated by Birch and Scholz.[3] Antonio Maria Biscioni published its facsimile in 1752.[4] Hoskier collated text of the Apocalypse.

Formerly it was labelled by 86a, 96p, and 75r. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[4] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 456 to it.[1]

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei IV. 30) in Florence.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 64.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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 3-11-011986-2.
  3. 1 2 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 291.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 272.
  5. ↑ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. ↑ UBS3, p. 548.

Further reading

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