Minuscule 266 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1393 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] The manuscript has complex contents. It has full marginalia.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1718, Paul Lucas |
| Now at | National Library of France |
| Size | 24.2 cm by 16.6 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | full marginalia |
Description
editThe codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 282 parchment leaves (24.2 cm by 16.6 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 237 sections, the last section in 16:15), but there is no references to the Eusebian Canons.[3]
It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), synaxaria, Menologion, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.[3]
Text
editThe Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden suggested that it is related to the textual families Πa and Πb.[4] Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Π266 in Luke 1 and Luke 20 (close to 593). In Luke 10 no profile was made.[4]
History
editThe manuscripts was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6] 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. 67) at Paris.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 57.
- ^ a b c Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 63.
- ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 173.
- ^ a b Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 58. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.\). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138.
- ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 225.
- ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 57