Minuscule 2062

Minuscule 2062 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O^α42 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 29 paper leaves (34.4 by 25.5 cm). Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.^[1]

Minuscule 2062

New Testament manuscript
Text	Book of Revelation
Date	13th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Vatican Library
Size	34.4 x 25.5 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I
Note	close to 2053

Description

The codex contains the text of the Book of Revelation with a commentary of Oecumenius on that book (together 159 leaves). Book of Revelation is on the end of this codex (pages 131–159).^[2]

The text is written in one column per page, in 46 lines per page.^[1]

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, though codex is not old its text has high value, comparable with Minuscule 2053. Aland placed it in Category I.^[3] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[4]

The codex currently is housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. Gr. 1426), in Rome.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 165.
2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 323.
3. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
4. Wisse, Frederik (1982). The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 83. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

Further reading

• Herman C. Hoskier, "Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse" 1 (London, 1929), pp. 524–527.