Minuscule 421
Encyclopedia
Minuscule 421 α 259 (in Soden's numbering), is a Greek
minuscule manuscript
of the New Testament
, on parchment. It is dated to year ca. 1300.
Formerly it was designated by 64a and 69p. Marginal equipment is not complete.
, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles
on 279 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary equipment at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book, Synaxarion, and Menologion.
Kurt Aland
did not place the Greek text of this codex in any Category
.
The manuscript was carefully written by John Tarchaniota. Auger Ghislain de Busbecq brought it, together with codex 425
, from Constantinople
to Vienna. The manuscript was examined by Treschow, Alter
, and Birch.
Alter used it in his edition of NT, vol 2, pp. 789-853. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887. Formerly it was designated by 64a and 69p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 421 to it.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Austrian National Library
(Theol. gr. 303) in Vienna
.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
minuscule manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, on parchment. It is dated to year ca. 1300.
Formerly it was designated by 64a and 69p. Marginal equipment is not complete.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the ApostlesActs of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles , usually referred to simply as Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament; Acts outlines the history of the Apostolic Age...
, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles
Pauline epistles
The Pauline epistles, Epistles of Paul, or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen New Testament books which have the name Paul as the first word, hence claiming authorship by Paul the Apostle. Among these letters are some of the earliest extant Christian documents...
on 279 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary equipment at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book, Synaxarion, and Menologion.
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
did not place the Greek text of this codex in any Category
Categories of New Testament manuscripts
New Testament manuscripts in Greek are categorized into five groups, according to a scheme introduced in 1981 by Kurt and Barbara Aland in Der Text des Neuen Testaments. The categories are based on how each manuscript relates to the various text-types. Generally speaking, earlier Alexandrian...
.
History
Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.The manuscript was carefully written by John Tarchaniota. Auger Ghislain de Busbecq brought it, together with codex 425
Minuscule 425
Minuscule 425 , α 457 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1330.Formerly it was designated by 67a.- Description :...
, from Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
to Vienna. The manuscript was examined by Treschow, Alter
Francis Karl Alter
Francis Karl Alter , a Jesuit, born in Silesia, and professor of Greek at Vienna, was an editor of the Greek text of the New Testament. His edition was different from those of Mill, Wettstein, and Griesbach, because he used only the manuscripts housed at the Imperial Library at Vienna...
, and Birch.
Alter used it in his edition of NT, vol 2, pp. 789-853. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887. Formerly it was designated by 64a and 69p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 421 to it.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Austrian National Library
Austrian National Library
The Austrian National Library , is the largest library in Austria, with 7.4 million items in its collections. It is located in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna; since 2005 some of the collections are located in the baroque Palais Mollard-Clary...
(Theol. gr. 303) in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
.
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
Further reading
- Francis Karl Alter, Novum Testamentum Graecum, ad Codicem Vindobonensem Graece expressum: Varietam Lectionis addidit Franciscus Carolus Alter, 2 vols. 8vo, Vienna, 1787, vol. 2, pp. 789-853.