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Minuscule 448

Minuscule 448, ε 509, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1478. It has marginalia.

Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 299 parchment leaves (). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page. == Text ==
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the Antiocheian (i.e. Byzantine) commentated text. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. It belongs also to the textual cluster 183. In Luke 10 no profile was made. == History ==
History
According to the colophon it was written in Rome, April 25, 1478 by John Rhosos of Crete for Francis Gonzaga Cardinal of St. Maria Nuova. There is a note that Rhosos also wrote the Vatican Homer in 1477 for Cardinal Gonazaga. Then it belonged to Giovanni Pietro Arrivabene. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852). It was examined by Scholz (only Mark 5). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. It is currently housed at the British Library (Harley MS 5790). == See also ==
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