Codex Basilensis A. N. IV. 2

Minuscule 1
New Testament manuscript
Folio 265 verso, portrait of John and Prochor
Folio 265 verso, portrait of John and Prochor
NameBasiliensis A.N.IV.2
TextNew Testament (except Apocalypse)
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBasel University Library
CiteK. Lake, Codex 1 of the Gospels and its Allies, (Cambridge 1902)
Size18.5 cm by 11.5 cm
TypeCaesarean, Byzantine text-type
CategoryIII, V
Handelegantly written
Notemember of f1

Codex Basilensis A. N. IV. 2, known as Minuscule 1 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 254 (in von Soden's numbering of New Testament manuscripts),[1] and formerly designated by 1eap to distinguish it from minuscule 1rK (which previously used number 1) is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the entire New Testament, apart from the Book of Revelation. Using the study of comparative writings styles (palaeography), it is usually dated to the 12th century CE.

The manuscript was prepared for liturgical use with marginalia (text division), and has almost completely survived; Erasmus used it for his Novum Instrumentum omne (an edition of the Greek New Testament). The text of the manuscript has been cited in all critical editions of the Greek New Testament; in this codex, the text of the Gospels is more highly esteemed by scholars than that of the remaining New Testament books. The codex is housed at the Basel University Library, with shelf number A. N. IV, 2 (earlier B. VI. 27).[2]

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 48.
  2. ^ Anderson, Amy S. (2004). The Textual tradition of the Gospels: Family 1 in Matthew. Leiden; Boston: Brill. p. 108.

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