Minuscule 432 Explained

Minuscule 432 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 501 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. Formerly it was labelled by 72e, 79p, and 37r.

Description

The codex contains the text of the New Testament except the Gospels on 218 paper leaves . It is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page.[2] It contains Prolegomena.[3]

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles (Philemon, Hebrews), and Apocalypse.[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]

History

Birch dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory to the 15th century.[3] Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[2]

Peltanus used this manuscript in 1580 in Ingolstadt. The manuscript was examined by Birch and Delitzsch.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[5] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]

Formerly it was labelled by 72a, 79p, and 37r.[3] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 432 to it.[1]

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 366) in Rome.[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 , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 73 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 270 .
  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 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 . . 1894 . London . 4 . 290 .