Minuscule 454 Explained

Minuscule 454 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Ο 8 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.[2] Formerly it was labeled by 84a and 94p.[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 244 parchment leaves .[2] It lacks Hebrews 13:21-25. The test is written in two columns per page, in 32 lines per page.[2]

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

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]], and a commentaries (Chrysostom's on the Acts, Nicetas on all the Epistles).[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles (Hebrews placed before 1 Timothy).[4]

History

The manuscript was examined and slightly collated by Birch and Scholz. Antonio Maria Biscioni published its facsimile in 1752. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]

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

Formerly it was labeled by 84a and 94p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 454 to it.[1]

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei IV. 1) in Florence.[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 . 74 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 291 .
  4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 271–272 .
  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 . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 322 .