Minuscule 350

Minuscule 350
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date11th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBiblioteca Ambrosiana
CiteScholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise (1823)
Size19.5 cm by 15.2 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Notemarginalia

Minuscule 350 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. It is designated by the siglum 350 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and ε 122 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the 11th century. The manuscript has marginal notes.

Description

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the complete text of the New Testament Gospels, made of 305 parchment leaves (sized 19.5 cm by 15.2 cm), with one gap - John 21:9-25. Though technically still there, the first four paper leaves with the text of Matthew 1:1-4:25 were added in the 16th century. The text is written in one column per page, with 21 lines per page.

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) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (241 in Mark 234, the last in 16:20). There are however no references to the Eusebian Canons (both early divisions of the Gospels into sections.).

The margins contains lectionary markings (for liturgical use), and portraits of the Evangelists precede each of their respective Gospels (except Matthew). The synaxarion and Menologion were added in the 14th century.

Text

The Greek text is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type. 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 the textual family M350 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. Textual critic Hermann von Soden classified it as part of the textual group Kak.

History

The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown. It was purchased in 1606 in Taranto. It was examined by biblical scholar Johann M .A. Scholz (1794-1852). Scholz also added it to the list of New Testament manuscripts.: 225  Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1886.

It is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century. It is presently housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (shelf number B. 62 sup.), in Milan.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 60.
  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] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 67. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 350". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments [Textual Criticism of the New Testament]. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 182.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 232.
  6. 1 2 3 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. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. 1 2 Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 59. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
  8. 1 2 3 Scholz, Johann Martin Augustin (1823). Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästina und im Archipel: in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821 : nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des N.T. [A Biblical-critical journey in France, Switzerland, Italy, Palestine and the archipelago: in the years 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: together with a history of the text of the New Testament] (in German). Leipzig. p. 72.

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