Minuscule 493
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 493
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| text = Gospels †
| script = Greek
| date = 15th century
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| now at = British Library
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| size = {{×|27|20}}
| type = Byzantine text-type/mixed
| cat = V
| hand = ill written
| note = marginalia
}}
Minuscule 493 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 501 (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/n77/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=66}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| 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 = 76
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}
Scrivener labeled it by number 578.{{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 = 258
}}
The manuscript is lacunose.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 157 paper leaves (size {{×|27|20}}) with some lacunae (Matthew 4:13-11:27; Mark 1:1-6:1). The missing texts were added by a later hand. The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page.{{r|Aland}} According to F. H. A. Scrivener it is ill written.
It text was divided according to the Ammonian Sections by a later hand. Lectionary markings at the margin were added by a later hand. There are also some marginal notes added by a later hand.{{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 = 195
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n207/mode/2up
}}
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}}
Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx. It was confirmed by the Claremont Profile Method.{{Cite book
| last = Wisse
| first = Frederik
| title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1982
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/61 61]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/61
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
History
The manuscript once belonged to Samuel Butler's collection (as 491 and 492).{{r|Scrivener}}
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (578) and Gregory (493). It was examined by Scrivener and Bloomfield. Gregory saw it in 1883.{{r|Gregory}}
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 11839) in London.{{r|Aland}}
See also
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References
{{Reflist|2}}
Further reading
- {{cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 195
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n207/mode/2up
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0493}}
Category:Greek New Testament minuscules