Minuscule 306
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| form = Minuscule | number = 306 | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Matthew, John † | script = Greek | date = 12th century | found = | now at = Bibliothèque nationale de France | cite = | size = | type = Byzantine text-type | cat = V | hand = | note =
Minuscule 306 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε21 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = K. |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 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of John on 559 parchment leaves () with lacunae (John 21:1-8.24.25). The text is written in one column per page, in 25 lines per page. The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 178 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n191/mode/2up Matthew and John have a Theophylact's commentary.
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 | author-link = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = 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 = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt | url-access = limited | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
History
The manuscript once belonged to Jean Hurault de Boistaillé (as codex 10, 203, 263, 301, 314). It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = 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
The manuscript was examined by Wettstein, Scholz (1794–1852), and Paulin Martin. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 197) at Paris.
References
References
- Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
- [[Paulin Martin. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]], ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 81.
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