Minuscule 291
Minuscule 291 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 377 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 13th century.[1]
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 290 parchment leaves (18.5 cm by 13.4 cm). Written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page.[1] Ornamented with silver. It contains Prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, incipits, αναγνωσεις, and Synaxarion.[2] The Ammonian Sections and the Eusebian Canons absent.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[3]
It is close textually to the codices 139, 371, 449, 597, 1235, 1340, 2346, 2603, and 2728.
History
The manuscript once belonged to Presbyter Nicholas.[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. 113) 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. 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 291 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 291