Minuscule 290
New Testament manuscript
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Minuscule 290 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 512 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule paper manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographic analysis it has assigned it to the 14th century.[2] It has marginalia.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 21.9 cm by 14.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | member of Kr |
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 259 paper leaves (21.9 cm by 14.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.[3]
It contains Argumentum, lists of the κεφαλαια (lists of contents) before each Gospel with a harmony, lectionary markings at the margin, αναγνωσεις (lessons), Synaxarion, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of stixoi and numbers of Verses.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.[4] Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20, and creates textual pair with 363.[4]
History
Formerly the manuscript was held at Sorbonne.[3] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[6] It was examined by Scholz.[3] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[7] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl. Gr. 108) at Paris.[2]