Minuscule 311 Explained

Minuscule 311 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[1]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew on 357 parchment leaves with lacunae (Matthew 1:1-5:4). The text is written in one column per page, in 28 lines per page.[1] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena of Theophylact.[2]

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.[3]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Cardinal Mazarin (like codex 14, 305, 313, and 324).[2] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[4] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[5] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[2]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 203) at Paris.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 65 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  2. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 178 .
  3. 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.
  4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 225 .
  5. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]