Minuscule 265 Explained

Minuscule 265 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 285 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.^[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 372 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 19 lines per page.^[3] The text of Matthew 13:24-33 was added by a later hand.^[3]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233 Sections, the last in 16:8), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).^[3]

It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland did not place it in any Category.^[4] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Π^a in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20, as a core member.^[5]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Philibert de la Mare.^[6] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[7] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.^[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.^[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 66) at Paris.^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 56

External links

• R. Waltz, Minuscule 265, Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Microfilm images online at the CSNTM.

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. 63.
3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 173 .
4. 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 . 132, 138 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
5. 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 . 58 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 226 .
7. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 225 .
8. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]