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Minuscule 459

Minuscule 459
New Testament manuscript
Folio 15 recto
Folio 15 recto
Text New Testament (except Gospels)
Date 1092
Script Greek
Now at Laurentian Library
Size 26 cm by 19.5 cm
Type mixed, Byzantine
Category III, V
Hand beautifully written

Minuscule 459 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 104 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1092. Formerly it was labeled by 89a and 99p.

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation on 276 parchment leaves (26 cm by 19.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 27 lines per page.

The biblical 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.

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of στιχοι, and treatise of Pseudo-Dorotheus on the Seventy disciples and twelve apostles (as codices 82, 93, 177, 613, 617).

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. The ending of the Epistle to the Romans has the order of verses: 16:23; 16:25-27; 16:24 (as in codices 025 33 104 256 263 365 436 1319 1573 1852 Peshitta arm).


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