Minuscule 487
Encyclopedia
Minuscule 487 ε 363 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek
minuscule manuscript
of the New Testament
, on parchment. Palaeographically
it has been assigned to the 11th century.
Scrivener labeled it by number 516 on his list.
Gregory labeled it twice as 487 and by another number 1321. The manuscript has complex contents.
s on 218 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, 18 lines per page (size of text).
It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of the (tables of contents) before each Gospel, Synaxarion, Menologion, and pictures
It has errors of itacism and N ephelkystikon.
element. Aland
did not place it in any Category
.
It was not examined by Claremont Profile Method.
(1255, No. 25). G. Bennet made a collation of Matthew and Mark it is held in the Lambeth Palace
(1255, No. 25). In 1817 it returned to the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener
, who it examined and collated. Scrivener published its text in 1852.
It is currently housed at the Library of Patriarch (49) in Jerusalem.
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. Palaeographically
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
it has been assigned to the 11th century.
Scrivener labeled it by number 516 on his list.
Gregory labeled it twice as 487 and by another number 1321. The manuscript has complex contents.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four GospelGospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...
s on 218 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, 18 lines per page (size of text).
It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of the (tables of contents) before each Gospel, Synaxarion, Menologion, and pictures
It has errors of itacism and N ephelkystikon.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of text-types with predominant the ByzantineByzantine text-type
The Byzantine text-type is one of several text-types used in textual criticism to describe the textual character of Greek New Testament manuscripts. It is the form found in the largest number of surviving manuscripts, though not in the oldest...
element. 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 it 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...
.
It was not examined by Claremont Profile Method.
History
The manuscript once belonged to the collection of J. D. Carlyle († 1804), then to the Lambeth PalaceLambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in England. It is located in Lambeth, on the south bank of the River Thames a short distance upstream of the Palace of Westminster on the opposite shore. It was acquired by the archbishopric around 1200...
(1255, No. 25). G. Bennet made a collation of Matthew and Mark it is held in the Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in England. It is located in Lambeth, on the south bank of the River Thames a short distance upstream of the Palace of Westminster on the opposite shore. It was acquired by the archbishopric around 1200...
(1255, No. 25). In 1817 it returned to the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener
Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
The Reverend Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener, LL.D. was an important text critic of the New Testament and a member of the English New Testament Revision Committee which produced the Revised Version of the Bible...
, who it examined and collated. Scrivener published its text in 1852.
It is currently housed at the Library of Patriarch (49) in Jerusalem.
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...