Minuscule 459 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), α 104 (in the
Soden numbering),
is a
Greek minuscule manuscript
A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has ...
of the
New Testament
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, on parchment. It is dated by a
colophon to the year 1092.
Formerly it was labeled by 89
a and 99
p.
Description
The codex contains the text of the
Acts of the Apostles
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 The gospel, its message to the Roman Empire.
Acts and the Gospel of Luke make u ...
,
Catholic epistles,
Pauline epistles, and
Book of Revelation on 276 parchment leaves (). The text is written in one column per page, in 27 lines per page.
[
The biblical text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles'') at the top of the pages.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of , and treatise of Pseudo-Dorotheus on the '' Seventy disciples'' and twelve apostles (as codices 82, 93, 177, 613, 617).][ The ending of the Epistle to the Romans has the order of verses: 16:23; 16:25-27; 16:24 (as in codices 025 33 104 256 263 365 436 1319 1573 1852 ]Peshitta
The Peshitta ( ''or'' ') is the standard Syriac edition of the Bible for Syriac Christian churches and traditions that follow the liturgies of the Syriac Rites.
The Peshitta is originally and traditionally written in the Classical Syriac d ...
arm).
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a mixed in the Pauline epistles and the Byzantine text-type elsewhere. Aland placed it in Category III in the Pauline epistles and in Category V elsewhere.
History
The manuscript was examined and slightly collated by Birch and Scholz. Antonio Maria Biscioni published its facsimile in 1752. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
Formerly it was labeled by 89a and 99p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 459 to it.[
It is currently housed at the ]Laurentian Library
The Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana or BML) is a historic library in Florence, Italy, containing more than 11,000 manuscripts and 4,500 early printed books. Built in a cloister of the Medicean Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze u ...
(Plutei IV. 32) in Florence
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Florence ...
.[
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
The list of New_Testament_minuscule, New Testament Minuscules ordered by Gregory–Aland index number is divided into three sections:
* List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (1001–2000)
* List of New Test ...
* Biblical manuscript
* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
* Antonio Maria Biscioni
''Bibliothecae Mediceo-Laurentianae catalogus''
Florence 1752, vol. 2, p. 73-76.
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0459
Greek New Testament minuscules
11th-century biblical manuscripts