Minuscule 428 Explained

Minuscule 428 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε33 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 335 paper leaves . It is written in one column per page, in 33 lines per page.[2]

It contains rude pictures of Evangelists on a vellum leaf and commentary of Theophylact.[3] It has the famous the Jerusalem Colophon in Gospel of Matthew. It contains subscriptions like codex 262. It has pictures, some excerpts from Hippolitus, Eusebius, Isidor, and Hesuchius.[3]

Textually seems to be a copy from the codex 300, or taken from the same manuscripts.[4]

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.[5]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[6] Scholz examined major part of it. It was also examined by Dean Burgon.[3] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]

Formerly the manuscript was held in Augsburg. It is currently housed at the Bavarian State Library (Gr. 381) in Munich.[2]

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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 . 189 .
  4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 237 .
  5. 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.
  6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 225 .