Minuscule 29

Minuscule 29 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1022 (Soden). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on vellum. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century.<ref name = Aland>K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 48. </ref>

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 169 parchment leaves (18.1 by 14.1 cm). Written in one column per page, 30 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> Correctly written by a Latin scribe. It contains Prolegomena, the Eusebian Canons, subscriptions, Synaxarion, and Menologion. Initial letters written in colour.<ref name = Gregory>Gregory, Caspar René (1900). . Leipzig. p. 135. </ref> In the three later Gospels some leaves lost (Matt. 1-15; Mark 16:15 - Luke 4:28), and were supplied in the 15th century by paper leaves.<ref name = Scrivener>F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 145</ref><ref name = Gregory/>

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland place it in Category V.<ref>Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 138. </ref>

History

The manuscript was examined by Scholz (1794-1852).<ref name = Gregory/>

It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 89) at Paris.<ref name = Aland/>

See also

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

Further reading

• Kirsopp Lake & Silva Lake, "Family 13 (The Ferrar Group): The Text According to Mark", Studies & Documents 11, 1941.