Minuscule 2062 Explained

Minuscule 2062 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O^α42 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 29 paper leaves (34.4 by 25.5 cm). Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.^[1]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Book of Revelation with a commentary of Oecumenius on that book (together 159 leaves). Book of Revelation is on the end of this codex (pages 131–159).^[2]

The text is written in one column per page, in 46 lines per page.^[1]

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, though codex is not old its text has high value, comparable with Minuscule 2053. Aland placed it in Category I.^[3] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[4]

The codex currently is housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. Gr. 1426), in Rome.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Herman C. Hoskier, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" 1 (London, 1929), pp. 524–527.

Notes and 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. 165.
2. [Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]
3. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland

   . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 136 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

4. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 83 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .