Minuscule 45
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Minuscule 45 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 442 (Von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 13th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 398 leaves (size 18.5 cm by 13.5 cm) with some lacunae. Written in one column per page, 19-21 lines per page in very neat minuscule letters.[1] Initial letters in gold or red.[2] The codex contains entire of the New Testament, except last its book Rev. It has also some lacunae. The Ammonian Sections and the Eusebian Canons presented. It contains synaxaria and menaion, pictures, and κεφαλαια. Written stichometrically in Gospel of Luke.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.[4]
History
The codex was brought from the Athos to England by Caesar de Missy (1703-1775), French chaplain of George III, King of England, who spent his life in collecting materials for an edition of the New Testament. It was examined by Mill, Griesbach, and Wetstein in 1746.[1] It is currently housed in at the Bodleian Library (Barocci 31), at Oxford.[1]
See also
References
- 1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 49.
- 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 139.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 147.
- 4. Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 138.
