Minuscule 303 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε32 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1255.[2]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 321 paper leaves with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 33 lines per page.[2] John 1:1-3:29 is written on vellum.
It contains Synaxarion (added by later hand) and numbers of Verses at the end of each Gospel. It contains Homilies of Chrysostomos to Matthew 13-14, and some iambic verses. The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.[3] The commentary is of Theophylact's authorship.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.[5]
The manuscript was written by Nicander, a monk.[3] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[6] The manuscript was examined by Wettstein and Scholz (1794–1852).[3] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[7] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 194A) at Paris.[2]
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 177 .
. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 58.
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 177 .
. 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.
. Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 225 .