Minuscule 466

{{New Testament manuscript infobox

| form = Minuscule

| number = 466

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| text = Acts, Cath., Pauline epistles

| script = Greek

| date = 11th century

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| now at = Bibliothèque nationale de France

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| size = {{×|25.6|19.8|cm}}

| type = Byzantine text-type

| cat = V

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Minuscule 466 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 167 (in the Soden numbering),{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n75/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=65}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript is lacunose.{{Cite book

| last = Aland

| first = K.

| author-link = Kurt Aland

|author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack

| title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments

| publisher = Walter de Gruyter

| year = 1994

| location = Berlin, New York

| page = 75

| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}

Formerly it was labeled by 115a and 135p.{{Cite book

| last = Scrivener

| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose

| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

|author2=Edward Miller

| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament

| publisher = George Bell & Sons

| year = 1894

| location = London

| edition = 4

| volume = 1

| page = 293

}}

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 174 parchment leaves ({{×|25.6|19.8|cm}}). It begins at Acts 14:27 and ends at 2 Timothy with some lacunae (1 Thess 5:17-28; 2 Thess 1:12-3:4; 1 Timothy 1:1-24; 2:15-3:3; 2 Timothy 2:21-4:22; Tit 2:15-3:15). It is written in one column per page, 27-28 lines per page.{{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| author-link = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments

| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| volume = 1

| page = 274

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n287/mode/2up

}}

It contains prolegomena, lists of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (lists of contents) before each sacred books, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers {{lang|grc|στιχοι}} to the Pauline epistles, and some scholia. It has not liturgical notes on the margin.

The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.

According to the subscription at the end of the Epistle to the Romans, the Letter was written προς Ρωμαιους εγραφη απο Κορινθου δια Φοιβης της διακονου; the same subscription have manuscripts: 42, 90, 216, 339, 462, 642;Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (2001), p. 477.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book

| last = Aland

| first = Kurt

| author-link = Kurt Aland

| last2 = Aland

| first2 = Barbara

| author-link2 = Barbara Aland

| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)

| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism

| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

| year = 1995

| location = Grand Rapids

| page = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n161 139]

| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt

| url-access = limited

| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

History

The manuscript once belonged to Colbert's collection.

The manuscript was examined and described by Scholz (whole manuscript), Paulin Martin,Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatifs au N. T., conservés dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 113 and C. R. Gregory (1885).

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.{{Cite book

| last = Scrivener

| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose

| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

|author2=Edward Miller

| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament

| publisher = George Bell & Sons

| year = 1894

| location = London

| edition = 4

| volume = 1

| page = 292

}} Formerly it was labeled by 115a and 135p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 466 to it.

It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 58) in Paris.

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = Caspar René

| author-link = Caspar René Gregory

| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments

| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs

| year = 1900

| location = Leipzig

| volume = 1

| page = 274

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n287/mode/2up

}}