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Minuscule 5

Minuscule 5
New Testament manuscript
Text New Testament (except Rev)
Date 13th century
Script Greek
Now at National Library of France
Size 21 cm by 15.5 cm
Type mixed, Byzantine
Category III/V
Hand carefully written
Note marginalia

Minuscule 5 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 453 (Soden). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 342 parchment leaves (21 cm by 15.5 cm), dated palaeographically to the 13th century. It has marginalia.

The codex contains entire of the New Testament except the Book of Revelation. The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles; Hebrews placed before 1 Timothy, Colossians precede Philippians. The text is written in one column per page, 28 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 Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 Sections – the last in Mark 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).

It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, the Euthalian Apparatus.

According to Scrivener it was carefully written.

The Greek text of this codex in Catholic epistles and Pauline epistles Aland placed it in Category III, in Acts — in Category V (561 261/2 142 9s). The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the commentated Byzantine text.Aland the text of the Gospels placed in Category V (2011 1031/2 72 12s) but with hesitation.


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