Minuscule 468

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| number = 468

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| text = New Testament (except Gospels)

| script = Greek

| date = 13th-century

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| now at = Bibliothèque nationale de France

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| size = {{×|22.7|15.8}}

| type = Byzantine text-type

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Minuscule 468 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Ο30 (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 paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.{{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 118a, 138p, and 55r.

Description

The codex contains the text of the New Testament except Gospels on 200 paper leaves (size {{×|22.7|15.8}}), with only one lacuna (Acts 19:18-22:17). The text is written in one column per page, 28 lines per page (size of text 15.7 by 10 cm).{{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

}}{{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

| volume = 1

| page = 293

}}

It contains prolegomena, Journeys and death of Paul (as in 102, 206, 216, 223, 256, 614, 665, 909, 912), tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before each book, numbers of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters) at the margin, (not {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}}), lectionary markings at the margin, {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}} (to Acts, Cath. and Paul), subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of {{lang|grc|στιχοι}}. It has not much {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}} to the Acts and Apocalypse, but a lot to the Pauline epistles.{{r|Gregory}}

The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation.{{r|Gregory}}

Text

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.{{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 = 139

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

It is an important witness to the 13th century Byzantine text.NA28, s. 52*

History

The manuscript was slightly examined and described by Scholz, Paulin Martin,Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 114 and C. R. Gregory (1885). Herman C. Hoskier examined and collated its text only in Book of Revelation.Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse (1 vol., London, 1929), pp. 166-169.

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 118a, 138p, and 55r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 468 to it.{{r|Gregory1908}} Gregory saw it in 1885.{{r|Gregory}}

It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 101) in Paris.

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse (1 vol., London, 1929), pp. 166–169.