Minuscule 260 Explained

Minuscule 260 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 369 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 241 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page.[2] [3]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Μark 241 Sections – the last in 16:20), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and pictures.[4]

According to Scrivener the manuscript is correctly written.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20.[6]

History

The manuscript once belonged to "domini du Fresne" (as codex 309.[4] The manuscripts 260-469 were added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[7] It was examined and described by Scholz and Paulin Martin.[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884.[4]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 51) at Paris.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 57.
  2. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 62
  3. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 5 October 2012. Münster.
  4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 173 .
  5. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 138 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 57 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
  7. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 225 .
  8. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]