Minuscule 305
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Minuscule 305 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Zε30 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 13th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 261 cotton paper leaves (31.4 cm by 23 cm) with lacunae (John 21:6-25). Written in one column per page, in 51-54 lines per page.[1] It contains tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, (Ammonian Sections, lectionary markings, and incipits added by a later hand). The biblical text is surrounded by a catena of the authorship of Euthymius Zigabenus.[2][3]
John 21:6-25 added by a later hand.[2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
History
The manuscript once belonged to Mazarin.[3]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[5] The manuscript was examined by Wettstein and Scholz.[2]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 195) 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. 65. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 178.
- 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1861). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 229.
- 4. 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.
- 5. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1861). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 225.
