Text Book of Revelation Script Greek Size 34.4 x 25.5 cm | Date 13th century Now at Vatican Library Type Alexandrian text-type | |
Minuscule 2062 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Oα42 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 29 paper leaves (34.4 by 25.5 cm). Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 13th century.
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).
The text is written in one column per page, in 46 lines per page.
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. It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.
The codex currently is housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. Gr. 1426), in Rome.