Minuscule 297 Explained

Minuscule 297 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1200 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.^[2] It has marginalia

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 196 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 28 lines per page.^[2]

It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, (not Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι), some Ammonian Sections, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Synaxarion, and Menologion.^{[3] [4]}

On leaf 186 it has some excerpts from Gerasimus.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family K^x in Luke 1; in Luke 10 it has mixed Byzantine text, in Luke 20 it has mixed text.^[6]

The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is omitted, but it was supplied by a later hand.^[3]

History

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 in 1885.^[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl. Gr. 140) at Paris.^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 177 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 58.
2. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 64 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 177 .
4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 228 .
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 . 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 . 58 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
7. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 225 .
8. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]