Minuscule 10

Minuscule 10
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date13th century
ScriptGreek
Now atNational Library of France
Size18.9 cm by 15 cm
Typemixed
Categorynone

Minuscule 10 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, made of parchment. It is designated by the siglum 10 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 372 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has complex contents with full marginal notes.

Description

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the four Gospels on 275 parchment leaves (sized 18.9 cm by 15 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. The capital letters are written in red ink.

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) written at the top of the pages. Chapter numbers were also added in Latin by a later hand. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (237 in Mark, the last in 16:14), with references to the Eusebian Canons written below the Ammonian section numbers. It contains the Epistle to Carpian, the Eusebian Canon tables, tables of contents (also known as κεφαλαια) before each Gospel, lectionary markings in the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, a synaxaria (liturgical book), and pictures.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is considered to be a mixture of text-types, with the Byzantine text-type being the most dominant. It also has some Alexandrian readings, and some unique readings. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category of his New Testament manuscript classification system.

It is close textually to Codex Campianus (M / 021). According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it creates textual group M10.

History

The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown, other than it came from Byzantium. According to the subscription it was given in 1439 to the Library of Canons Regular at Verona by Dorotheus, Archbishop of Mitylene, when he came to the Council of Florence in 1438. The manuscript once belonged to french nobleman and government official Jean Hurault de Boistaillé, as were the codices 9, 203, 263, 301, 306, and 314. It then belonged to the Archbishop of Reims, Charles Le Tellier (1671–1710), like codices 11 and 13.

It was used by philologist and textual critic Ludolph Küster in his edition of the Greek New Testament (as Paris 1). It was examined by biblical scholars Johann J. Griesbach and Johann M. A. Scholz. Scholz examined only the text of Mark 1-4 and John 5-8. It was examined and described by scholar Paulin Martin. Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.

The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century. It is presently housed at the National Library of France (shelf number Gr. 91) in Paris.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament] (in German). Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 48.
  2. 1 2 3 Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments [A Concise List of the Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 47. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes [Textual Criticism of the New Testament] (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 129.
  4. 1 2 3 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 10". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
  5. ↑ von Tischendorf, Constantin (1859). Novum Testamentum Graece [The Greek New Testament] (7 ed.). Leipsig: Adolph Winter. p. CXCV.
  6. ↑ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 129, 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. ↑ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscript Evidence. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 53. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
  8. 1 2 3 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 192.
  9. ↑ Novum Testamentum Graece Editio Octava Critica Maior
  10. ↑ Martin, Jean-Pierre-Paul (1883). Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris [Technical Description of the Greek Manuscripts relating to the New Testament, conserved in the Libraries of Paris]. Paris: Maisonneuve frères et C. Leclerc. pp. 23–24. Retrieved 2026-09-23.