Minuscule 354

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Minuscule 354 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε13 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century.[1]

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Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 1:1-27:66 on 442 parchment leaves (24.5 cm by 16 cm) with a Commentary of Theophylact. Written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[1][2] It was written in a very large hand.[3]

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Cardinal Bessarion
Cardinal Bessarion

thumb|right|150px|Cardinal Bessarion The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]

History

The manuscript was bought by Theodor Constantin, in 1415, in Constantinople. It once belonged to Cardinal Bessarion (as codices 205, 357).[2] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[5] It was examined by Burgon and Gregory.[2]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z. 29) in Venice.[1]

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