Minuscule 441

New Testament manuscript

Minuscule **441**
New Testament manuscript
Text	Acts of the Apostles, Pauline epistles †
Date	13th century
Script	Greek
Now at	University of Uppsala
Size	23 cm by 17 cm
Category	III

Minuscule 441 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O¹⁸ (in the Soden numbering),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.^[2] Its former designations were 68^a and 73^p.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts 8:14 to 1 Corinthians 15:38 on 90 parchment leaves (23 cm by 17 cm). It does not contain any of the Catholic epistles. It is written in one column of 38-39 lines per page.^[2]

It contains the Euthalian Apparatus, subscriptions at the end of each book, and στιχοι. The biblical text is surrounded by a catena of Oecumenius.^[3]^[4]

Some of leaves of the codex are in disorder. The order of leaves: 3-18. 1. 2. 19-46. 47-58. 59. 63. 64. 59. 60-62. 73. 74. 65. 66. 69-72. 67. 68. 75-78. 127-142. 79-126. 143-158. 167-182. 159-166.^[4]

Leaves 183-440 of the same codex formerly belonged to another manuscript. They have now been bound together. These leaves have a duplicate portion (1 Corinthians 13:6-15:38) and some contradictory readings.^[3] Now they are classified as Minuscule 442.^[2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.^[5]

History

The manuscript was bought at Venice by Sparwenfeldt in 1678.^[4] It was examined by Belsheim.^[3] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1891.^[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[6]

Formerly it was labelled by 68^a and 73^p.^[4] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 441 to it.^[1]

It is currently housed at the University of Uppsala (Gr. 1, p. 3-182) in Uppsala.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 64.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 73. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (2005) [1894]. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 290.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 270.
^ 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. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 322.