Minuscule 15

Minuscule 15 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 283 (von Soden). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 225 parchment leaves (18.2 by 14.3 cm), dated paleographically to the 12th century. Written in one column per page, 23-24 lines per page. [1]

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels. It was written in neat, and regular letters. The Eusebian Canons were given and some illustrations. It contains Prolegomena, Epistula ad Carpianum, synaxaria, Menologion.<ref name = Gregory>Gregory, Caspar René (1900). . Leipzig. p. 132. </ref>

Text of John 7:53-8:11 omitted.<ref name = Gregory/>

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.

History

The manuscript was brought to Paris by Catherine de' Medici.<ref name = Gregory/> It was in private hands, and became a part of collaction Kuster's Paris 8.<ref>F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction... [3] The codex is located now at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 64) at Paris.[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Textual criticism

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. 47.>
• 2. 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.
• 3. Scholz examined a bigger part of Matthew, Mark and John in the codex.