Minuscule 288
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Minuscule 288 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 524 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 15th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Luke, and Gospel of John on 250 paper leaves (24.5 cm by 15 cm). It lacks Gospel of Mark. Written in one column per page, in 18 lines per page.[1] It contains κεφαλαια (also Latin κεφαλαια), τιτλοι, subscriptions, and pictures.[2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[3] According to Wisse's Profile Method it represents in Luke 1 and Luke 20 textual family Kx.
History
The manuscript was written by George Hermonymus.[2]
The Gospel of Matthew once belonged to Antonio Dizomaeo. The Gospel of Luke once belonged to Germain de Brixius, then to Jacques Tusan († 1546). The Gospel of John belonged to C. Emmery Sanguintiniani, then to Henri Jacques Nonpareil de Caumont, Herzog de la Force († 1726), then to Antoine Moriau, who presented it to the library of the Institut de Paris.[2]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[4] It was examined by Wettstein and Griesbach.[2]
The manuscript is currently housed in the places:
- Bodleian Library (Canonici Gr. 33) at Oxford,
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 99) at Paris
- Institut de France (Ms. 536) at Paris.[1]
See also
References
- 1. Aland, K.; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 64. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 176.
- 3. Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- 4. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 225.
