Minuscule 421 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 259 (in Soden's numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated to year ca. 1300.[2] Formerly it was designated by 64a and 69p. Marginal equipment is not complete.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Vind. Caes. Ness. 303 |
|---|---|
| Text | Acts, CE, Paul |
| Date | ca. 1300 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Austrian National Library |
| Size | 18.8 cm by 14 cm |
| Category | none |
| Hand | carefully written |
Description edit
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 279 parchment leaves (18.8 cm by 14 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[2]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary equipment at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book, Synaxarion, and Menologion.[3][4]
Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of this codex in any Category.[5]
History edit
Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[3]
The manuscript was carefully written by John Tarchaniota. Auger Ghislain de Busbecq brought it, together with codex 425, from Constantinople to Vienna. The manuscript was examined by Treschow, Alter, and Birch.[4] Alter used it in his edition of NT, vol 2, pp. 789–853. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.[3] Formerly it was designated by 64a and 69p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 421 to it.[1]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Austrian National Library (Theol. gr. 303) in Vienna.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 63.
- ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 72. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 269.
- ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (2005) [1894]. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 290.
- ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading edit
- Francis Karl Alter, Novum Testamentum Graecum, ad Codicem Vindobonensem Graece expressum: Varietam Lectionis addidit Franciscus Carolus Alter, 2 vols. 8vo, Vienna, 1787, vol. 2, pp. 789–853.