Minuscule 350
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| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Ambrosiana |
| Cite | Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise (1823) |
| Size | 19.5 cm by 15.2 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 350 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum 350 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 122 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts.[1] Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the 11th century.[2][3] The manuscript has marginal notes.
The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the New Testament Gospels, made of 305 parchment leaves (sized 19.5 cm by 15.2 cm),[3] with one gap - John 21:9-25.[4] Though technically still there, the first four paper leaves with the text of Matthew 1:1-4:25 were added in the 16th century.[5] The text is written in one column per page, with 21 lines per page.[2][3]
The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given in the margin, and their titles (known as τιτλοι / titloi) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (241 in Mark 234, the last in 16:20).[4] There are however no references to the Eusebian Canons (both early divisons of the Gospels into sections.).[4]
The margins contains lectionary markings (for liturgical use),[4][5] and portraits of the Evangelists precede each of their respective Gospels (except Matthew).[4][5] The synaxarion and Menologion were added in the 14th century.[4][5]
Text
The Greek text is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type.[6] Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscript classification system.[6] Category V manuscripts are described as "manuscripts with a purely or predominantly Byzantine text."[6]: 336
According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it represents the textual family M350 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[7] Textual critic Hermann von Soden classified it as part of the textual group Kak.[7]
History
The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown.[8] It was purchased in 1606 in Taranto.[8] It was examined by biblical scholar Johann M .A. Scholz (1794-1852).[8][4] Scholz also added it to the list of New Testament manuscripts.[5]: 225 Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]
It is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[3] It is presently housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (shelf number B. 62 sup.), in Milan.[2][3]