Minuscule 280

Minuscule 280 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 294 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.^[1]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 177 parchment leaves (18.8 cm by 14.1 cm), with lacunae (Mark 8:3-15:36). Written in one column per page, in 25-26 lines per page.^[1] It contains tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Matthew 358, Mark 237 - 16:19, Luke 342, John 226), Eusebian Canons, synaxaria, στιχοι, and subscriptions.^[2][3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4] It belongs to the textual family Family Π.

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[5] The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 87) at Paris.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

• 1. 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. ISBN 3110119862.
• 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 175.
• 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 227.
• 4. Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
• 5. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 225.

External links

• Minuscule 280 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 280