Minuscule 291
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Minuscule 291 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 377 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] The manuscript has complex contents. It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 290 parchment leaves (18.5 cm by 13.4 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page.[2] The headpieces and large initials are ornamented with silver.
The text is divided according to the Script error: No such module "Lang". (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Script error: No such module "Lang". (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is no division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.[3]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Script error: No such module "Lang". (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel, incipits, Script error: No such module "Lang". (lessons), Synaxarion, and marginal notes.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden lists it as Is (along with codices 157, 235, 245, 713, 1012).[4] Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it creates textual group 291.[4]
Group 291
The group shows some relationship to the Π groups. The profiles of the group 219 are:
- Luke 1: 4, 6, (8), 14, (22), 34, (36).
- Luke 10: 15, 18, 23, 25, 53, 57, (62), 63.
- Luke 20: 13, 19, 26, 50, 60, 62, 66, 70.
Members of the group: 291, 139, 371, 449, 597, 1235, 1340, 2346, 2603, and 2728.[6]
History
The manuscript once belonged to Presbyter Nicholas.[3] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[7] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[8] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 113) at Paris.[2]
See also
References
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Further reading
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- Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris (Paris 1883), p. 71.
External links
- Minuscule 291 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism