New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Gospels |
---|---|
Date | 11th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
Size | 34 cm by 26.5 cm |
Type | Byzantine text-type |
Category | V |
Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 301 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A156 ( Soden), [1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. [2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 221 parchment leaves (34 cm by 26.5 cm) with a commentary. The text is written in one column per page, the biblical text in 22 lines per page, the text of a commentary in 48 lines per page. [2]
It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, a division according to the Ammonian Sections, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and numbers of στιχοι. It lacks references to the Eusebian Canons. [3]
Biblical text is surrounded by a catena. In the Gospel of Mark, the commentary is of Victorinus's authorship. [3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. [4] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kx and creates textual pair with Minuscule 373 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. [5]
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is placed at the end of John. [3]
The manuscript once belonged to Jean Hurault de Boistaillé (like codices 10, 203, 263, 306, 314). [3]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). [6] It was examined and described by Scholz, Paulin Martin, [7] and C. R. Gregory. [3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 187) at Paris. [2]