Minuscule 439
Minuscule 439 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 240 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Dated by a colophon to the year 1159.[1]
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 219 parchment leaves (31.7 cm by 24.5 cm). Written in two columns per page, in 23 lines per page.[1] It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, tables of κεφαλαια, pictures, τιτλοι, κεφαλαια, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, and subscriptions.[2][3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
The manuscript was written by Nephon, a monk from Athos in April, 1159.[2] It once belonged to Anthony Askew (1722-1774) (as codices 438 and 443). It was examined by Bloomfield. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[5] It is currently housed at the British Library (Add. 5107) in London.[1]
See also
References
- 1. Aland, K.; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 73. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig. p. 190.
- 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1. London. p. 239.
- 4. 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.
- 5. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1. London. p. 225.