Minuscule 458
New Testament manuscript
Folio 22 verso
Folio 22 verso
TextActs of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles
Date11th century
ScriptGreek
Now atLaurentian Library
Size17.5 cm by 14.1 cm
TypeByzantine
CategoryV
Handbeautifully written

Minuscule 458 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 160 (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] Formerly it was labeled by 88a and 98p.[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 276 parchment leaves (17.5 cm by 14.1 cm) with only one lacunae at the end of Titus.[4] The text is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page.[2]

The biblical 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 books, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of στιχοι.[4]

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and 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 examined and slightly collated by Birch and Scholz.[4][3] Antonio Maria Biscioni published its facsimile in 1752. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]

Formerly it was labeled by 88a and 98p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 458 to it.[1]

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei IV. 31) 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 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; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 291.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 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.

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