Minuscule 290
Minuscule 290 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 512 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule paper manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographic analysis it has assigned it to the 14th century.[2] It has marginalia.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 21.9 cm by 14.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | member of Kr |
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 259 paper leaves (21.9 cm by 14.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.[3]
It contains Argumentum, lists of the κεφαλαια (lists of contents) before each Gospel with a harmony, lectionary markings at the margin, αναγνωσεις (lessons), Synaxarion, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of stixoi and numbers of Verses.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.[4] Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20, and creates textual pair with 363.[4]
History
Formerly the manuscript was held at Sorbonne.[3] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6] It was examined by Scholz.[3] 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 (Suppl. Gr. 108) at Paris.[2]
References
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 58.
- Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 64. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 176.
- 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. pp. 58, 92. 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. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- 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. 71
Further reading
- Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 71