Minuscule 150
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Minuscule 150 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 107 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century.<ref name = Aland>K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 55. </ref> Birch dated it to the 12th century.
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 331 parchment leaves (size 11.6 cm by 8.7 cm).<ref name = Aland/>
Written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> Capital letters in gold.<ref name = Gregory/>
It contains the Eusebian tables, Prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons, synaxaria, Menologion, subscriptions, στιχοι, and pictures (in Mark baptism of Jesus).<ref name = Scrivener>F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), vol. 1, p. 214. </ref><ref name = Gregory>C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 159.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
History
The manuscript was examined by Birch and Scholz.<ref name = Gregory/>
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Pal. gr. 189), at Rome.<ref name = Aland/>
