Minuscule 451
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New Testament manuscript |
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| Text | Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles |
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| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Vatican Library |
| Size | 19.2 cm by 13.9 cm |
| Type | mixed, Byzantine |
| Category | III, V |
Minuscule 451 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 178 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. Formerly it was labelled by 79a and 90p. The manuscript has not survived in complete condition.
The codex is written on 161 parchment leaves in minuscule script. Some of leaves were lost. The leaves are measured 19.2 cm by 13.9 cm.
It contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles, with two lacunae (2 Cor 11:15-12:1; Eph 1:9-Heb 13:25). The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles. It contains also liturgical books with hagiographies: Synaxarion and Menologion.
The biblical text is written in one column per page, in 30 lines per page. The letters are written above lines.
It contains Prolegomena at the beginning, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), the Euthalian Apparatus, and numbers of στιχοι in subscriptions.
The Greek text of the codex is mixed in the Pauline epistles, elsewhere the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category III in Pauline epistles and in Category V elsewhere. Textually it is very close to the codices 330, 2400, 2492.
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