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Minuscule 306

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Minuscule 306
New Testament manuscript
TextMatthew, John
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBibliothèque nationale de France
Size28.2 cm by 20.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Minuscule 306 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε21 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2]

Description

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The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of John on 559 parchment leaves (28.2 cm by 20.5 cm) with lacunae (John 21:1-8.24.25). The text is written in one column per page, in 25 lines per page.[2] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.[3] Matthew and John have a Theophylact's commentary.[3]

Text

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]

History

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The manuscript once belonged to Jean Hurault de Boistaillé (as codex 10, 203, 263, 301, 314).[3] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[5]

The manuscript was examined by Wettstein, Scholz (1794–1852), and Paulin Martin.[6] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 197) at Paris.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 58.
  2. ^ a b c 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 3-11-011986-2.
  3. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 178.
  4. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  5. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 225.
  6. ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris (Paris 1883), p. 81.

Further reading

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