Minuscule 366 Explained

Minuscule 366 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Cμ24 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew on 323 parchment leaves with lacunae (Matthew 1:1-2:16). It is written in one column per page, in 31 lines per page.[2] The biblical text is written in red. It is surrounded by a catena.

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages (with a Harmony).

It contains Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons) and many marginal notes added by a later hands.[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[5] It was examined by Burgon and C. R. Gregory (1886).[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Laurentiana (Conv. Soppr. 171) in Florence.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 61.
  2. Book: Aland , K. . 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 .
  3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 183 .
  4. 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.
  5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 233 .