Minuscule 477 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 350 (in the Soden numbering), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 508. The manuscript has complex contents, with

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Description

The codex contains the text of the four

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s on 317 parchment leaves (size ), without any lacunae. It is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the (''titles of chapters'') at the top. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, (without references to the

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). It contains tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and

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(added by a later hand on paper).

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

Byzantine text-type In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type (also called Majority Text, Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text) is one of the main text types. It is the form f ...

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placed it in Category V. According to the

Claremont Profile Method The Claremont Profile Method is a method for classifying ancient manuscripts of the Bible. It was elaborated by Ernest Cadman Colwell and his students. Professor Frederik Wisse attempted to establish an accurate and rapid procedure for the classi ...

it represents textual cluster 1216 in Luke 1 (weak), Luke 10 (weak), and Luke 20. It creates textual pair with 2174.

History

Currently it is dated to the 13th century by the

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. The manuscript used to be held at the

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. It was taken to England and belonged to

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(as did

Minuscule 489 Minuscule 489 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 459 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a Colophon to the year 1315 or 1316. Scrivener labeled it by number 507. The manus ...

), who presented it to the Trinity College. The manuscript was examined and collated by

Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (September 29, 1813, Bermondsey, Surrey – October 30, 1891, Hendon, Middlesex) was a New Testament textual critic and a member of the English New Testament Revision Committee which produced the Revised Vers ...

, who published its text in 1852. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. It is housed at the Trinity College (B. X. 17) in

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References

External links

Minuscule 477
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''.
Minuscule 477
at the

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0476 Greek New Testament minuscules 13th-century biblical manuscripts Manuscripts held by the University of Cambridge

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