Minuscule 446 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 507 (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 15th century. The text represents the Byzantine textual tradition. The manuscript was prepared for liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains almost complete text of the four

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

s on 228 parchment leaves () with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-17; 26:47-27:40; Mark 1:1-9; Luke 1:1-18; John 1:1-21). All lacunae were made by a man who mischievously cut out the ornamented headpieces at the beginning of each Gospel. In modern time two unfoliated parchment leaves, and two paper fly-leaves were added at the beginning and end. The text is written in one column per page, in 25 lines per page. The letters are clearly but unskilfully written. The manuscript is decorated, with geometric, occasionally with zoomorphic decorations, in brown and red. The initial letters, titles, colophons, and rubrics in red.Harleian 5777
at the British Library The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 232 sections, last in 16:6). It has no references to the

Eusebian Canons Eusebian canons, Eusebian sections or Eusebian apparatus, also known as Ammonian sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into chapters and verses used in modern texts d ...

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

Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; el, Συναξάριον, from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of ''synaxis'' and ''synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; cop, ⲥⲩⲛⲁ ...

Menologion Menologium (), also written menology, and menologe, is a service-book used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. From its derivation from Greek , ''menológion'', from μήν ''m� ...

, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.

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 fou ...

. Aland 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 classif ...

it represents textual family K^x in Luke 1 (fragmentary), Luke 10, and Luke 20. It belongs also to the textual cluster 1213 (minuscule 1213 is the lead manuscript of this cluster).

History

The original manuscript contained dated colophon, but it was erased by a later hand. The manuscript is dated by the

INTF The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (german: Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its G ...

to the 15th century. The manuscript probably was rewritten from

minuscule 65 Minuscule 65 (in the Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland, Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 135 (Biblical manuscript#Von Soden, von Soden), formerly known as ''Ussher 2'', is a Greek language, Greek Lower case, minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, ...

. The manuscript was brought by

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, British chaplain, from

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to England (along with

minuscule 110 Minuscule 110 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), α 204 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. Using the study of comparative wri ...

and other manuscripts). It was designated as Covel's 5. Then – in 1715 or 1716 – the manuscript was sold to Robert Harley, and to his son Edward Harley. In 1753 it was purchased along with other manuscripts of collection by the

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. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). It was examined by Covell, Scholz (only

Mark 5 Mark 5 is the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Taken with the calming of the sea in , there are "four striking works hichfollow each other without a break": an exorcism, a healing, and the raisin ...

), Bloomfield, and

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in 1883. The manuscript was rebound in 1964. It is currently housed at the

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(

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MS 5777).

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at the British Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0446 Greek New Testament minuscules 15th-century biblical manuscripts Harleian Collection

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