Minuscule 294
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Minuscule 294 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 367 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Dated by a colophon to the year 1391 (or 1291 - Scrivener, Gregory).[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 238 parchment leaves (11.5 cm by 8.8 cm), with lacunae (Matt. 1:18-11:14). Written in one column per page, in 19-24 lines per page.[1] It contains Prolegomena, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, and pictures.[2]
The manuscripts has subscription:
το παρον τετραβαγγελον εκομισθει εκ της πατμω βιβλιοθηκης, παρ' εμου ιωσηφ γεωργειρηνη ταπεινου αρχιεπισκοπου σαμου και επεδωθει τω ευσεβεστατω και κραταιω βασιλει λοδοβικω τω μεγα εν ετουσ χυ αχος μαρτιου κε.[3]
The same subscription has the codex 279.[3]
History
The manuscript was written by Peter, a monk, in Jerusalem. Georgirene brought it in 1676 from Patmos to Paris and gave it to Louis XIV.[2] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[4]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 118) at Paris.[1]
See also
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. 64. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 176.
- 3. J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments (Leipzig, 1823), pp. 4-5.
- 4. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 225.
