Minuscule 417

{{New Testament manuscript infobox | form = Minuscule | number = '''417''' | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Gospels † | script = Greek | date = 14th century | found = | now at = Biblioteca Marciana | cite = | size = {{×|23|14.7|cm}} | type = Byzantine text-type | cat = V | hand = | note = full marginalia }}

'''Minuscule 417''' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 423 (in the Soden numbering),<ref name = Gregory1908>{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n73/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=63}}</ref> is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.<ref name = Aland>{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 72 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}</ref> It has full marginalia.

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the first three Gospels on 112 parchment leaves ({{×|23|14.7|cm}}) with two large lacunae at the beginning and end. The text of the manuscript begins at Matthew 5:44 and ends at Luke 6:9.<ref name = Gregory/> The text is written in one column per page, in 21-29 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/>

The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (''titles'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 Sections, the last in 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).<ref name = Gregory/>

It contains lectionary markings at the margin (added by a later hand), and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel (some of them from later hand).<ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 188 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n201/mode/2up }}</ref><ref name = Scrivener>{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4 | volume = 1 | page = 237 }}</ref>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 139 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref> It was not examined by Claremont Profile Method.<ref name = Wisse>{{Cite book | last = Wisse | first = Frederik | title = The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1982 | location = Grand Rapids | page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/60 60] | url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/60 | isbn = 0-8028-1918-4 | url-access = registration }}</ref>

== History ==

Wiedmann and J. G. J. Braun collated some portions of the manuscript for Scholz (1794-1852).<ref>{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | year = 1894 | location = London | volume = 1 | page = 236 }}</ref> The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | year = 1894 | location = London | volume = 1 | page = 225 }}</ref> C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.<ref name = Gregory/>

The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I. 25) in Venice.<ref name = Aland/>

== References ==

== Further reading ==

* {{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 188 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n201/mode/2up }}

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