Minuscule 247
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| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | State Historical Museum |
| Size | 15.5 cm by 12 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 247 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1192 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 223 parchment leaves (size 15.5 cm by 12 cm).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]
It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, Prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), Synaxarion, and Menologion.[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. It belongs to the cluster 1193.[5]
It contains remarkable readings.[3]
History
Formerly the manuscript was held at the Philotheou monastery at Athos peninsula.[3] It was brought to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the Patriarch Nikon, in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676). The manuscript was collated by C. F. Matthaei.[7]
The manuscript is currently housed at the State Historical Museum (V. 17, S. 400) at Moscow.[2]