Minuscule 354 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε13 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2]
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 1:1-27:66 on 442 parchment leaves with a Commentary of Theophylact. The text us written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[2] [3] It was written in a very large hand.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
The manuscript was bought by Theodor Constantin, in 1415, in Constantinople. It once belonged to Cardinal Bessarion (as codices 205, 357).[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6] It was examined by Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z. 29) in Venice.[2]
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 182 .
. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 60.
. Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 68 . 3-11-011986-2 .
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 182 .
. Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 232 .
. 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 . A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament . 1894 . London . 1 . 225 .