Minuscule 476


Minuscule 476, α 1126, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript was adapted for liturgical use. It has liturgical books and full marginalia. Scrivener labelled it by number 566. The codex is in the British Library as MS Arundel 524.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 218 parchment leaves, with only one lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, liturgical books with hagiographies, and pictures.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
It belongs to the textual family K1.

History

and Gregory dated it to the 11th century. It is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.
The manuscript was brought from the East to England by Thomas Earl of Arundel in 1646. Henry Howard, Evelyn's Duke of Norfolk, presented it to the Royal Society in 1667. It was transferred in 1831 to the British Museum.
The manuscript was examined and collated by Scrivener, who published its text in 1852. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener and Gregory.
It is currently housed at the British Library in London.