Minuscule 12
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| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 14th-century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of France |
| Size | 26 cm by 20 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Minuscule 12 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A137 (Von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment, dated palaeographically to the 14th-century.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 294 parchment leaves (26 cm by 20 cm), with a commentaries.[2][3] The text is written in one column per page, biblical text in 21 lines and text of commentary in 57 lines per page. The ink is brown.[4]
A commentary to Matthew and John is of Chrysostom's authorship, to Mark of Victors, and to Luke of Bostra.[4]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters) whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.[4]
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, liturgical books with hagiographies (Menologion and Synaxarium), and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type, with a few alien readings.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.[7]
The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is omitted.[8] The text of Mark 16:9-20 has a note of Victor's.[4]