Minuscule 260
Minuscule 260 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 369 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] It has marginalia.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of France |
| Size | 30.5 cm by 22.4 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Hand | correctly written |
| Note | marginalia |
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 241 parchment leaves (30.5 cm by 22.4 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page.[2][3]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Μark 241 Sections – the last in 16:20), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[4]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and pictures.[4]
According to Scrivener the manuscript is correctly written.[5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[6] Aland placed it in Category V.[7] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20.[6]
History
The manuscript once belonged to "domini du Fresne" (as codex 309.[4] The manuscripts 260-469 were added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[5] It was examined and described by Scholz and Paulin Martin.[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884.[4]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 51) at Paris.[2][3]
References
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 57.
- K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 62
- "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 173.
- 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.
- 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. 57. 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.
- Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 53
Further reading
- Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 53