Minuscule 493

Minuscule 493 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 501 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.[2] Scrivener labeled it by number 578.[3] The manuscript is lacunose.

Minuscule 493

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Text	Gospels †
Date	15th century
Script	Greek
Now at	British Library
Size	27 cm by 20 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type/mixed
Category	V
Hand	ill written
Note	marginalia

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 157 paper leaves (size 27 cm by 20 cm) with some lacunae (Matthew 4:13-11:27; Mark 1:1-6:1). The missing texts were added by a later hand.[4] The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page.[2] According to F. H. A. Scrivener it is ill written.[3]

It text was divided according to the Ammonian Sections by a later hand. Lectionary markings at the margin were added by a later hand. There are also some marginal notes added by a later hand.[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family K^x. It was confirmed by the Claremont Profile Method.[6]

History

The manuscript once belonged to the Samuel Butler's collection (as 491 and 492).[3]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (578) and Gregory (493). It was examined by Scrivener and Bloomfield. Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]

It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 11839) in London.[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 66.
2. Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 76. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 258.
4. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 195.
5. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
6. Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 61. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

Further reading

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 195.