Minuscule 42 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α107 ( Von Soden), known as ''Codex Maedicaeus'' is a

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of the

New Testament The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...

on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. It has

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The codex contains the text of the

Acts The Acts of the Apostles (, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; ) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire. Acts and the Gospel of Luke make up a two-par ...

Catholic epistles The catholic epistles (also called the general epistles) are seven epistles of the New Testament. Listed in order of their appearance in the New Testament, the catholic epistles are: Naming The use of the word ''catholic'' in the term catholic' ...

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, on 303 parchment leaves (), with some lacunae (Acts 2:2-34; 2 Pt 1:2; 1 John 5:11-21; Rev 18:3-13). The text is written in one column per page, 22-23 lines per page. It contains lists of the (''tables of contents'') before each book, numbers of the (''chapters'') at the margin, but no (''titles'') at the top of the pages, lectionary equipment at the margin (for liturgical use), and numbers of stichoi. According to F. H. A. Scrivener it is carelessly written. According to the subscription at the end of the

Epistle to the Romans The Epistle to the Romans is the sixth book in the New Testament, and the longest of the thirteen Pauline epistles. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by Paul the Apostle to explain that Salvation (Christianity), salvation is offered ...

, the Letter was written προς Ρωμαιους εγραφη απο Κορινθου δια Φοιβης της διακονου; the same subscription appears in manuscripts: 90,

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, 462,

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642 __NOTOC__ Year 642 ( DCXLII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 642 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe ...

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Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...

the Greek text of the codex did not assigned in any

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. Its text has some resemblance with minuscule 51 and the

Complutensian Polyglot The Complutensian Polyglot Bible is the name given to the first printed polyglot of the entire Bible. The edition was initiated and financed by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517) and published by Complutense University in Alc ...

. According to

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codex "exhibits many readings of the same class as codices 1, 13, 33, but its authority has the less weight". In Revelation 8:13, it gives the unique reading of "ἀγγέλου ὡς ἀετοῦ" (angel like an eagle).Bruce M. Metzger, ''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament'' (2001), p. 669.

History

Currently the manuscrit has been assigned by the

INTF The Institute for New Testament Textual Research ( — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its Greek initial text on the basis of the entire manuscri ...

to the 11th century. The codex was used by

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in edition of Mill's ''Novum Testamentum'' in 1710. Mill ascribed it as "exemplar Regium Maedicaeum", and remarked its resemblance to the

Codex Angelicus Codex Angelicus designated by Lap or 020 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 5 ( von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century. Formerly it was known as ''Codex Passione ...

. Nicholas Westermann collated its text. It was quoted by

Denis Amelote Denis Amelot (or Amelote, or Amelotte; 1609 – 7 October 1678) was a French biblical writer and scholar who is notable for his French translation of the New Testament (4 vols. 1666-170). In his translation he quoted Greek minuscule manuscrip ...

in his translation of the New Testament. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein.

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saw it in 1891. It is currently housed at the Stadtarchiv Frankfurt (Oder) (Gr. 24) at

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References

External links

* R. Waltz
Minuscule 42
At the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' (2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0042 Greek New Testament minuscules 11th-century biblical manuscripts

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