Minuscule 11

Minuscule 11
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date14th-century
ScriptGreek
Now atNational Library of France
Size16.2 cm by 9.3 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Handneatly written

Minuscule 11 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament in two small volumes, made of parchment. It is designated by the siglum 11 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 297 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 14th-century.

Description

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the four Gospels in two volumes. The first volume has 230 leaves, the second volume has 274 leaves (sized 16.2 cm by 9.3 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 16 lines per page, in "neat letters". It contains the Eusebian Canon tables placed before each Gospel, and portraits of the Evangelists.

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. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (233in Mark, the last in 16:7), whose numbers are placed at the margin, with references to the Eusebian Canons written below the Ammonian Section numbers.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type, but there are some Alexandrian readings. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscript classification system. Category V manuscripts are described as "manuscripts with a purely or predominantly Byzantine text.": 336  According to the Claremont Profile Method (a specific analysis of textual data), it represents textual family Πb in Luke 1, and Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20.

History

The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. It was in private hands, and belonged to the Archbishop of Reims Le Tellier (1671–1710), as were the codices Minuscule 10 and, 13. It was used by philologist and textual critic Ludolph Kuster in his edition of the Greek New Testament (as Paris 4).

The manuscript was examined by biblical scholar Johann M. A. Scholz. It was examined and described by scholar Paulin Martin. Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.

The manuscript was dated by Gregory to the 12th century. The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 14th century. It is presently housed at the National Library of France (shelf number Gr. 121.122) 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 4 5 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 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 11". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes [Textual Criticism of the New Testament] (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 130.
  5. ↑ Tischendorf, Constantin von (1859). Novum Testamentum Graece [The Greek New Testament] (7 ed.). Leipzig: Adolph Winter. p. CXCV.
  6. 1 2 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. p. 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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. p. 24. Retrieved 2026-09-23.