Minuscule 269
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Minuscule 269 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 290 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 215 parchment leaves (23.8 cm by 19.8 cm), with lacunae (Matt. 1:1-8; Mark 1:1-7; Luke 1:1-8; Luke 24:50-John 1:12). Written in two columns per page, in 25 lines per page.[1] It contains Prolegomana to the Gospel of John, tables of κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Matthew 355, Mark 233 - 16:8, Luke 342, John 232), and pictures. The Eusebian tables were added by a later hand. Text Luke 24:50-53 was added by a later hand.[2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[3]
History
The manuscript once belonged to the King Henry IV. The manuscripts was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[4] It was examined by Burgon.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 74) at Paris.[1]
See also
References
- 1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 63.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 174.
- 3. 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.
- 4. 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.
