Minuscule 448 Explained

Minuscule 448 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 509 (in the Soden numbering),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1478.^[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 299 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.^[2]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters) whose numerals are given at the margin, and the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.

It contains lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and very beautiful pictures.^{[3] [4]} It is clearly but unskilfully written.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the Antiocheian (i.e. Byzantine) commentated text. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20. It belongs also to the textual cluster 183. In Luke 10 no profile was made.^[6]

History

According to the colophon it was written in Rome, April 25, 1478 by John Rhosos of Crete for Francis Gonzaga Cardinal of St. Maria Nuova. There is a note that Rhosos also wrote the Vatican Homer in 1477 for Cardinal Gonazaga. Then it belonged to Giovanni Pietro Arrivabene.^[4] Nathaniel Noel purchased it for the Harleian Library between 20 January between 1721 and 1722.^[7]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).^[8] It was examined by Scholz (only Mark 5). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.^[3]

It is currently housed at the British Library (Harley MS 5790).^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• Cyril Ernest Wright, Manuscripts of Italian Provenance in the Harleian Collection in the British Museum: Their Sources, Associations and Channels of Acquisition, in Cultural Aspects of the Italian Renaissance. Essays in Honour of Paul Oskar Kristeller, ed. by C. H. Clough (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1976), pp. 462–84 (p. 474).
• Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, ed. by Ernst Gamillscheg and Dieter Harlfinger, Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik, 3-1, ed. by Herbert Hunger (Vienna: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1981-), I: Handschriften aus Bibliotheken Grossbritanniens, 3 vols, I, no. 178.

External links

• Harley MS 5790 at the British Library

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 . 74 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Gregory, Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 191 .
4. Book: Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 2005. 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 239 .
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 . 139 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
6. 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 .
7. http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8080&CollID=8&NStart=5790 Harleian 5790
8. Book: Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . 1894. 2005 . London . 1 . 225 .