Minuscule 428 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, designated by the number 428 in the Gregory‑Aland cataloguing system. It is also listed as ε 107 in von Soden’s classification of New Testament manuscripts.
Physical description
- Material: Parchment leaves.
- Script: Greek minuscule hand, typical of medieval manuscript production.
- Format: The text is arranged in a single column per page, with a standard number of lines per column (the exact count varies among scholars).
Dating and provenance
- Paleographic date: Assigned to the 11th century on the basis of script style and codicological features.
- Provenance: The early history of the codex is not fully documented; it entered modern scholarly awareness through the catalogues of New Testament manuscripts compiled in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Contents
- The codex contains portions of the New Testament; the specific books included (e.g., the Gospels, Acts, Epistles, or Revelation) are recorded in detailed manuscript catalogs, but a concise description is not universally available in secondary sources.
Textual character
- Text‑type: The manuscript is classified within the Byzantine text‑type tradition, which is the predominant textual family for medieval Greek New Testament manuscripts.
- Significance: As a representative of the Byzantine tradition, Minuscule 428 contributes to the overall picture of the transmission of the New Testament text in the medieval period, though it is not considered a primary witness for establishing the earliest attainable text.
Current location
- The present repository of Minuscule 428 is recorded in specialized catalogues (e.g., the Kurzgefasste Liste of Greek New Testament manuscripts). The exact holding institution—such as a national library or a university collection—has not been universally cited in publicly accessible encyclopedic references.
Scholarly references
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs.
- Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft.
- Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, 2nd edition (1994). Berlin: Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung.
Note: Detailed codicological data (e.g., exact foliation, decorative elements, marginalia) and the precise current custodial institution are recorded in specialized manuscript catalogs but are not uniformly available in general encyclopedic sources. Consequently, some aspects of Minuscule 428 remain insufficiently documented for a fully comprehensive entry.