Minuscule 492
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Minuscule 492 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 433 (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 1325 or 1326.[2] Scrivener labeled it by number 577.[3] The manuscript has complex contents.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 269 parchment leaves (size 24 cm by 16.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.Template:R According to Scrivener it is beautifully written.
The text is divided according to the Script error: No such module "Lang". (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with the Script error: No such module "Lang". (titles) at the top of the pages.[4]
It contains the tables of Script error: No such module "Lang". (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, some Script error: No such module "Lang". (later hand), and pictures. Liturgical books with hagiographies Synaxarion and Menologion were added by a later hand.Template:R
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx. It was confirmed by Claremont Profile Method in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[6]
History
The manuscript was written by Constantin, a monk, for the wish of Archimadrite Kallinikus, in the monastery of the Saint Demetrius. It was once at Sinai, then it belonged to the Bishop Butler's collection (as 491 and 493).Template:R
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (577) and Gregory (492). It was examined by Scrivener and Bloomfield.Template:R Edward Maunde Thompson published facsimile.[7]
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 11838) in London.Template:R
See also
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References
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Further reading
- A. Turyn, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain, Dumbarton Oaks Series XVII (Washington, D.C., 1980), p. 60, 90.
- Facsimiles of Ancient Manuscripts, ed. E. M. Thompson and others, I (London, 1903-1912); New Pal Soc I, 130.
External links
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