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Minuscule 439 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Scrivener 439, ε 240 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1159.[2] The marginal apparatus is complete. The text represents the Byzantine tradition.
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 219 parchment leaves (31.7 cm by 24.5 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, in 23 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, pictures (portraits of Evangelists), and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.[3][4]
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Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6] According to the Claremont Profile Method it re presents the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20, and belongs to the textual cluster 877. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[5]
History
The manuscript was written by Nephon, a monk from Athos in April, 1159.[3] It once belonged to Anthony Askew (1722–1774) (as codices 438 and 443). It was examined by Bloomfield. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[3]
It is currently housed at the British Library in London (Add MS 5107) .[2][8]
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