Minuscule 428 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ
ε33 (in the
Soden numbering),
is a
Greek minuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
manuscript of the
New Testament, on cotton paper.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four
Gospels on 335 paper leaves (). It is written in one column per page, in 33 lines per page.
[
It contains rude pictures of Evangelists on a vellum leaf and commentary of Theophylact.]
It has the famous the Jerusalem Colophon in Gospel of Matthew. It contains subscriptions like codex 262
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Year 262 (Roman numerals, CCLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallienus and Faustianus (or, less fre ...
.[ It has pictures, some excerpts from Hippolitus, Eusebius, Isidor, and Hesuchius.][
Textually seems to be a copy from the codex ]300
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Year 300 (Roman numerals, CCC) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius (or, less frequently, ...
, or taken from the same manuscripts.
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...
did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).
Scholz examined major part of it. It was also examined by Dean Burgon.[ ]C. R. Gregory
C. or c. may refer to:
* Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years
* Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies
* Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...
saw it in 1886.[
Formerly the manuscript was held in Augsburg. It is currently housed at the Bavarian State Library (Gr. 381) in Munich.][
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
* Textual criticism
* Minuscule 427
References
Further reading
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Greek New Testament minuscules
13th-century biblical manuscripts