Minuscule 469
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| form = Minuscule | number = 469 | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = New Testament (except Gospels) | script = Greek | date = 13th century | found = | now at = Bibliothèque nationale de France | cite = | size = | type = Byzantine text-type | cat = V | hand = | note = marginalia
Minuscule 469 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 306 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. 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 }} It was adapted for liturgical use. Formerly it was labeled by 119a, 139p, and 56r.{{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 whole New Testament except Gospels on 229 parchment leaves (size ), with only one lacuna (2 Corinthians 1:8-2:4). The text is written in one column per page, 24-25 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, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, αναγνωσεις (lessons), liturgical book Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of στιχοι.
The Catholic epistles follow the Pauline epistles.
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 = 139 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
History
The manuscript was dated by F. H. A. Scrivener to the 10th century, but the Apocalypse to the 13th century, C. R. Gregory dated it to the 13th or 14th century. It was dated by the INTF to the 13th century.
The manuscript was slightly examined by Scholz, Reiche and C. R. Gregory (1885). It was the last manuscript added it to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin. Herman C. Hoskier collated its text only for the Book of Revelation.
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 119a, 139p, and 56r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 469 to it.
It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 102A) in Paris.
References
References
- Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
- [[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
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