Minuscule 304

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Minuscule 304 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A²¹⁵C^μ23 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.^[1]

Contents 1 Description 2 Text 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Mark on 224 parchment leaves (27.5 cm by 21 cm) with only one lacunae in Mark 14:16-25. Written in one column per page, in 31-33 lines per page.^[1] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.^[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 Charles de Montchal's, Archbishop of Toulouse (1628-1651) and to Theller.^[2] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[4] The manuscript was examined by Wettstein and Scholz (1794-1852).^[2]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 194) 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. 65. ISBN 3110119862.
• 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 177-178.
• 3. 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.
• 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.

Further reading

External links

• Minuscule 304 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 304