Minuscule 303
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| form = Minuscule | number = 303 | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Gospels † | script = Greek | date = 1255 | found = | now at = Bibliothèque nationale de France | cite = | size = | type = Byzantine text-type | cat = V | hand = | note =
Minuscule 303 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε32 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1255.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = K. | authorlink = |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 65 | url = | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 321 paper leaves () with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 33 lines per page. John 1:1-3:29 is written on vellum.
It contains Synaxarion (added by later hand) and numbers of Verses at the end of each Gospel. It contains Homilies of Chrysostomos to Matthew 13-14, and some iambic verses. The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 177 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n189/mode/2up | isbn = The commentary is of Theophylact's authorship.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = Kurt | authorlink = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | authorlink2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 138 | url = | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}} It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.{{Cite book | last = Wisse | first = Frederik | authorlink = | title = The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1982 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 59 | url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/59 | doi = | isbn = 0-8028-1918-4 | url-access = registration
History
The manuscript was written by Nicander, a monk. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4 | volume = 1 | page = 225 | url = | isbn = }} The manuscript was examined by Wettstein and Scholz (1794–1852). C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 194A) at Paris.
References
References
- Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
- It was examined and described by [[Paulin Martin]].[[Paulin Martin. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]], ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 79.
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