Minuscule 303

Minuscule 303 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε32 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. Dated by a colophon to the year 1255.^[1]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 321 paper leaves (29.2 cm by 23.3 cm) with lacunae. Written in one column per page, in 33 lines per page.^[1] John 1:1-3:29 is written on vellum. It contains Synaxarion (later hand), Homilie of Chrysostomos to Matthew 13-14, and some iambic verses. The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.^[2] The commentary is of Theophylact's authorship.^[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 was written by Nicander, a monk.^[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. 194A) 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.
• 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.

External links

• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 303