Minuscule 455 Explained

Minuscule 455 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ΟΘ 41 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th or 14th century.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 85a and 95p.[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles and Pauline epistles on 285 paper leaves . It is written in one column per page, in 31-45 lines per page.[2] The letters are written above lines. It contains Prolegomena, Synaxarion (liturgical book with hagiographies), and commentaries of Theophylact.[4]

The order of books: Acts, Romans, Hebrews, Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, Titus, 1-2 Corinthians, 1-2 Timothy, Ephesians, Philippians, Galatians, and Philemon.[4]

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

History

The manuscript was examined by Birch, Scholz, and C. R. Gregory (1886).[4] It was slightly collated by Scholz.[3]

Formerly it was labelled by 85a and 95p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 455 to it.[1]

It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei IV. 5) 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 . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 291 .
  4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 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.