Minuscule 297
New Testament manuscript
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Minuscule 297 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1200 (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
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 13.7 cm by 9 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 196 parchment leaves (13.7 cm by 9 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 28 lines per page.[2]
It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, (not τιτλοι), some Ammonian Sections, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Synaxarion, and Menologion.[3][4]
On leaf 186 it has some excerpts from Gerasimus.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1; in Luke 10 it has mixed Byzantine text, in Luke 20 it has mixed text.[6]
The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is omitted, but it was supplied by a later hand.[3]
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[7] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[8] C. R. Gregory saw in 1885.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl. Gr. 140) at Paris.[2]