Codex Mutinensis designated by H^a or 014 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 6 ( von Soden), is a Greek

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of the

Acts of Apostles The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message ...

, dated paleographically to the 9th century. The codex contains 43 parchment leaves (33 cm by 23 cm).

Description

The codex contains the book of Acts, with major lacunae (Acts 1:1-5:28, 9:39-10:19, 13:36-14:3, 27:4-28:31). The first three lacunae have been supplied by a later minuscule hand, the fourth by an uncial hand. The text measures . It is marked with breathings and accents, and is written in a single column, with 30 lines per page. Each line is 36 letters long. The uncial letters lean to the right. It contains prolegomena, subscriptions at the end of the book, numbers of ,

Euthalian Apparatus The Euthalian Apparatus is a collection of additional editorial material, such as divisions of text, lists, and summaries, to the New Testament's Book of Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. This additional material appears at the begi ...

to the

Catholic epistles The catholic epistles (also called the general epistlesEncarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "katholieke brieven". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.) are seven epistles of the New Testament. Listed in order of their appearance in ...

, and prolegomena to the Pauline epistles. The

General epistles The catholic epistles (also called the general epistlesEncarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "katholieke brieven". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.) are seven epistles of the New Testament. Listed in order of their appearance in ...

and

Pauline epistles The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest extan ...

, were written later in minuscule hand, and now it designated as 2125. The Greek text of this

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is a representative of the

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, ''The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration'',

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, 2005, p. 76. Aland placed it in Category V.

History

The manuscript was examined by Scholz, who collated it loosely. It was collated again by

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in 1843 and Tregelles in 1846. In 1850 Tischenforf and Tregelles compared their collations for mutual correction. According to Burgon: "In my judgement... scarcely later". The codex is located, in the

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(Gr. 196) in

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External links

Codex Mutinensis H^a (014)
at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mutinensis Greek New Testament uncials 9th-century biblical manuscripts Biblioteca Estense

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