Minuscule 369 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 429 (
Soden),
is a
Greek
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minuscule
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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, on parchment.
Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.
It has
marginalia
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.
Description
The codex contains the text of the
Gospel of Mark
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6:25-9:45; 10:17-16:9 on 23 parchment leaves (). The text is written in one column per page, in 25 lines per page.
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It contains numbers of the (''chapters'') at the margin, the (''titles of chapters'') at the top, the Ammonian Sections, references to the ]Eusebian Canons
Eusebian canons, Eusebian sections or Eusebian apparatus, also known as Ammonian sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into Chapters and verses of the Bible, chapters ...
, and lectionary markings at the margin. The manuscript contains also a Greek Grammar and Phaedrus fables.
The text is much rubricated.
It contains also a part of a Greek Grammar and "Avieni Fabulae".[
]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type
In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type (also called Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text) is one of the main Textual criticism#New Testament, text types. ...
. Aland placed it in Category V.
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz
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(1794-1852).
It was examined by Burgon. C. R. Gregory
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* Letter C, the third letter in the alphabet.
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saw it in 1886.[
The manuscript is currently housed at the ]Biblioteca Riccardiana
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(90) in Florence
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Florence ...
.[
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
The list of New_Testament_minuscule, New Testament Minuscules ordered by Gregory–Aland index number is divided into three sections:
* List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (1001–2000)
* List of New Test ...
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see '' Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi- ...
* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
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Greek New Testament minuscules
14th-century biblical manuscripts