Minuscule 426 Explained

Minuscule 426 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Ν^λ49 (in the Soden numbering),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.^[2]

Description

The codex contains only the text of the Gospel of Luke 6:17-11:28 on 208 paper leaves . It is written in one column per page, in 26 lines per page.^[2] It contains the table of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) at the beginning. The biblical text is surrounded by Nicetas' catena.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[5]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).^[6] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.^[3]

Formerly the manuscript was held in Augsburg. It is currently housed at the Bavarian State Library (Gr. 473) in Munich.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 427

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 188 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 63.
2. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 72 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 188 .
4. Book: Aland , Kurt . 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 . 139 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
5. 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 . 60 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 225 .