Minuscule 270
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 18.3 cm by 13.3 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 270 (in the
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 346 parchment leaves (18.3 cm by 13.3 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 19 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin of the text, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller
It contains prolegomena to the
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Πb in Luke 1, family Πa in Luke 10 and Luke 20.[5]
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[6]
The manuscript was bought from Spyridion Lambros from Athens in 1859, along with 22 other manuscripts of the New Testament (codices: 269, 271, 272, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, etc.).
Scholz examined a large part of the manuscript. Minuscule 270 was examined by
Formerly the manuscript was held in the library of St. Silvester in Rome.[3] The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 75) at Paris.[2]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 57.
- ^ Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 63.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 174.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 61
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 174.
External links
- R. Waltz, Minuscule 270 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism