Minuscule 459


Minuscule 459, α 104, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1092.
Formerly it was labeled by 89a and 99p.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation on 276 parchment leaves. The text is written in one column per page, in 27 lines per page.
The biblical text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι at the top of the pages.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια before each book, lectionary markings at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of Stichometry, and treatise of Pseudo-Dorotheus on the Seventy disciples and twelve apostles.
The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. The ending of the Epistle to the Romans has the order of verses: 16:23; 16:25-27; 16:24.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a mixed in the Pauline epistles and the Byzantine text-type elsewhere. Aland placed it in Category III in the Pauline epistles and in Category V elsewhere.

History

The manuscript was examined and slightly collated by Birch and Scholz. Antonio Maria Biscioni published its facsimile in 1752. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
Formerly it was labeled by 89a and 99p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 459 to it.
It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library in Florence.