Minuscule 290

Minuscule 290
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date14th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBibliothèque nationale de France
Size21.9 cm by 14.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Notemember of Kr

Minuscule 290 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, made of paper. It is designated by the siglum 290 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 512 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts.. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to the 15th century. It has marginal notes.

Description

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the four Gospels on 259 paper leaves (sized 21.9 cm by 14.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page. The text is divided according to the chapters (known as κεφαλαια / kephalaia), whose numbers are given in the margin.

It contains Argumentum, table of contents (also known as κεφαλαια) before each Gospel with a Gospel harmony, lectionary markings in the margin, lessons (known as αναγνωσεις / anagnoseis), a Synaxarion, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with the numbers of lines (known as στιχοι / stixoi), and numbers of Verses.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Biblical scholar Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.

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 belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20, and creates a textual pair with 363.

History

The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. It was formerly held at Sorbonne University. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by biblical scholar Johann M. A. Scholz (1794–1852).

It was examined by Scholz, 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 15th century. It is presently located at the National Library of France (shelf number Suppl. Gr. 108) in Paris.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. 64. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  2. 1 2 3 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 290". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
  3. 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. 179.
  4. 1 2 Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscript Evidence. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 58, 92. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
  5. 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. 133. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. ↑ 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. 225.
  7. ↑ 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. 71. Retrieved 2026-09-23.