Minuscule 463
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Minuscule 463 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th 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 103a and 118p.{{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 = 292
Description
The codex contains scholia to the Acts and Epistles, with the entire text for Acts of the Apostles 1:1-9:12 on 235 parchment leaves (), with some lacunae. The text is written in two columns per page, 39 lines per page.
It contains prolegomena, Synaxarion, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) at the beginning, and scholia to the Acts, Catholic and the Pauline epistles.{{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 = 273 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n285/mode/2up
The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place 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}}
In 1 John 5:6 it has textual variant δι' ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος (through water and spirit) together with the manuscripts 43, 241, 945, 1241, 1831, 1877*, 1891.For the other textual variants of this verse see: Textual variants in the First Epistle of John.
History
The manuscript came from the Iviron monastery at Mount Athos.
The manuscript was examined by Matthaei and Treu. It is currently housed at the State Historical Museum (V. 95, S. 346) in Moscow.
Formerly it was labeled by 103a and 118p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 463 to it.
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References
References
- UBS3, p. 823.
- Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
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