Minuscule 464


Minuscule 464, α 165, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.
Formerly it was labelled by 106a and 122p.
Minuscule 464 has been identified as the same manuscript as Minuscule 252.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 229 parchment leaves. It contains also liturgical books with hagiographies: Synaxarion, Menologion.
It is carefully written in one column per page, 33 lines per page.
It contains prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια before each sacred book, lectionary markings at the margin, and the Psalms annexed.
The order of books is usual for the Greek manuscripts: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.

History

Formerly it belonged to the same manuscript as codex 252.
The manuscript came from the Vatopedi monastery at Mount Athos to Moscow.
Formerly it was labelled by 106a and 122p. In 1908 C. R. Gregory gave the number 464 to it.
The manuscript was examined by Matthaei and Treu. It is currently housed at the State Historical Museum in Moscow.