Minuscule 228 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 458 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 60. Formerly it was labelled by 109a and 229p.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles and Pauline epistles (except Philemon, Hebrews), on 126 parchment leaves (size ). It is written in one column per page, 40-44 lines per page. It has not Catholic epistles.
Text Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland did not place it in any of his Categories.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Π171 in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 it represents Kx.
It does not contain the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).
History
The manuscript belonged to Nicholas Nathanael of Crete, then to Andreas Darmarius, a calligrapher from Epidaurus. Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer collated it for Andreas Birch (Esc. 7). Formerly the manuscript was labelled by 109a and 229p. In 1908 C. R. Gregory gave the number 228 to it.
It is currently housed at the Escurial (Cod. Escurialensis, X. IV. 12).
See also
List of New Testament minuscules Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
References
Further reading
Emmanuel Miller, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l'Escurial (Paris 1848), p. 405.