Minuscule 437 Explained

Minuscule 437 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Α^πρ12 (in the Soden numbering),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.^{[2] [3]}

Description

The codex contains only the text of the Acts of the Apostles on 257 parchment leaves with a catena. The text is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page.^{[2] [4]}

Text

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

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 12th century, Gregory dated it to the 11th century.^[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[6]

The manuscript was examined by Birch and Scholz. It was designated by 74^a. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.^[4]

It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 760) in Rome.

See also

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

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes . J.C Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 270 .

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 2014-10-19 . Münster.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . 1908 . J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . Leipzig . 64.
2. Book: Aland , Kurt . 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. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 2014-10-19 . Münster.
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 189, 270 .
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 . 133, 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 322 .