Minuscule 350 Explained

Minuscule 350 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 122 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 305 parchment leaves with only one lacuna (John 21:9-25). The text is written in one column per page, in 21 lines per page.[2]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with 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 241 Sections, the last in 16:20), without references to the Eusebian Canons.

It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and pictures (portraits of Evangelists). Synaxarion, Menologion were added in the 14th century.[3] The first four paper leaves with text of Matthew 1:1-4:25 was added in the 16th century.[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it as Kak. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it creates to the textual family M350 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[6]

History

The manuscript was bought in 1606 in Taranto. It was examined by Scholz.[7]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[8] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (B. 62 sup.) in Milan.[2]

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 60.
  2. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 67 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 182 .
  4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 232 .
  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 . 59 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
  7. J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise (Leipzig, 1823), p. 72
  8. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . George Bell & Sons . 1894 . London . 1 . 225 .