Minuscule 465 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), α 166 (in the
Soden numbering),
is a
Greek minuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
manuscript of the
New Testament, on parchment.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents.
Formerly it was labeled by 114
a and 134
p.
It has liturgical books.
Description
The codex contains the text of the
Acts of the 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 messag ...
,
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
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 ...
on 231 parchment leaves (). The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page.
It contains numbers of the (''chapters'') at the margin, the (''titles'') at the top of the pages, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use; liturgical books with hagiographies:
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 ...
and
Menologion; subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of , and
scholia.
The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. It contains some portions of
Septuagint (
Book of Wisdom,
Song of Songs, and
Book of Proverbs
The Book of Proverbs ( he, מִשְלֵי, , "Proverbs (of Solomon)") is a book in the third section (called Ketuvim) of the Hebrew Bible and a book of the Christian Old Testament. When translated into Greek and Latin, the title took on different ...
1:1-28:8)
[ and prayers for the service of the Greek Church. According to Scrivener it is a valuable manuscript.
]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to Gregory it has unusual readings.
History
The manuscript was slightly examined and described by Scholz, Paulin Martin
Jean-Pierre-Paulin MartinSometimes referred to as Jean P.P. Martin. (20 July 1840 at Lacam-d'Ourcet, Lot – 14 January 1890 at Amélie-les-Bains, Pyrénées-Orientales), often referred to as Abbé Paulin Martin, or simply Abbé Martin or Pau ...
, and C. R. Gregory
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* Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years
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* Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...
(1885). According to Scholz, it was formerly indexed in the National Library as Gr. 2247. Isaac Newton cites it by that call number in his discussion of the Johannine Comma.
It was examined by J.G. Reiche.
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.[
It is currently housed at the ]Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...
(Gr. 57) in Paris.
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* 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-ling ...
* Textual criticism
References
Further reading
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External links
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Greek New Testament minuscules
11th-century biblical manuscripts
Septuagint manuscripts
Bibliothèque nationale de France collections