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Minuscule 462 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 359 (in the Soden numbering), is a
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of the
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, on a paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Formerly it was labelled by 101a and 116p. It was adapted for liturgical use.


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 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' ...
, and
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on 240 paper leaves (). It is carefully written in one column per page, 25 lines per page. It contains prolegomena,
Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; , from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of '' synaxis'' and ''synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; ; Ge'ez: ሲናክሳሪየም(ስንክ ...
, and
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to the Acts, and lectionary markings at the margin of the Epistles for liturgical reading. It contains ''Martyrium Pauli''. The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.
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 ...
did not place the Greek text of the codex in any
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. 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 have manuscripts: 42, 90,
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,
339 Year 339 ( CCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Claudius (or, less frequently, year 1092 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination ...
,
466 __NOTOC__ Year 466 (Roman numerals, CDLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leo I (emperor), Leo and Tatianus (or, less frequently, year 1219 ''Ab urbe ...
,
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;Bruce M. Metzger, ''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament'' (2001), p. 477.


History

It is dated by the
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to the 13th century. Formerly it was labelled by 101a and 116p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 462 to it. The manuscript was examined by
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and Treu. It is currently housed at the
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(V. 24, S. 346) in
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.


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 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- ...
*
Textual criticism Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books. Such texts may rang ...
* Minuscule 461 * Minuscule 464


References


Further reading

* C. F. Matthaei, ''Novum Testamentum Graece et Latine'' (Riga, 1782-1788). * Kurt Treu, ''Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbiblisi und Erevan'', '' Texte und Untersuchungen'' 91 (Berlin, 1966), pp. 254-258.


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0462 Greek New Testament minuscules 13th-century biblical manuscripts