Minuscule 470
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New Testament manuscript |
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| Text | Gospels |
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| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Lambeth Palace |
| Size | 30.2 cm by 24.7 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Hand | beautifully written |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 470 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 136 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. Scrivener labelled it number 509. It has marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the Gospels on 215 parchment leaves (size 30.2 cm by 24.7 cm), with only one lacuna (Matthew 1:1-13). The text is written in two columns per page, 23-24 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections – the last section in 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian section numbers).
It contains lists of the κεφαλαια (lists of contents) before each of the Gospels, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical service), and subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels.
It was beautifully written in a clear bold hand. It has breathings and accents, tolerably but not uniformly correct. The manuscript is remarkable free from the errors of itacism, or interchange of vowels (hiatus).
The nomina sacra are contracted. N ephelkystikon is not frequent. Iota adscriptum is found twice, Iota subscriptum never.
The liturgical apparatus has the larger κεφαλαια prefixed to the last three Gospels, capital letters at the commencement of the Church lessons in gold, the Ammonian Sections in the margin in red ink, and references to the Eusebian Canons in blue.
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