Minuscule 441 Explained

Minuscule 441 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O18 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] Its former designations were 68a and 73p.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts 8:14 to 1 Corinthians 15:38 on 90 parchment leaves . It does not contain any of the Catholic epistles. It is written in one column of 38-39 lines per page.[2]

It contains the Euthalian Apparatus, subscriptions at the end of each book, and Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]]. The biblical text is surrounded by a catena of Oecumenius.[3] [4]

Some of leaves of the codex are in disorder. The order of leaves: 3-18. 1. 2. 19-46. 47-58. 59. 63. 64. 59. 60-62. 73. 74. 65. 66. 69-72. 67. 68. 75-78. 127-142. 79-126. 143-158. 167-182. 159-166.[4]

Leaves 183-440 of the same codex formerly belonged to another manuscript. They have now been bound together. These leaves have a duplicate portion (1 Corinthians 13:6-15:38) and some contradictory readings.[3] Now they are classified as Minuscule 442.[2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[5]

History

The manuscript was bought at Venice by Sparwenfeldt in 1678.[4] It was examined by Belsheim.[3] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1891.[4]

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

Formerly it was labelled by 68a and 73p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 441 to it.[1]

It is currently housed at the University of Uppsala (Gr. 1, p. 3-182) in Uppsala.[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. 64.
  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: Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 2005. 1894 . London . 1 . 290 .
  4. Book: Gregory, Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 270 .
  5. Book: Aland, Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. . Rhodes . 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 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. Book: Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 322 .