Minuscule 350
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Ambrosiana |
| Cite | Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise (1823) |
| Size | 19.5 cm by 15.2 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
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.[1] Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the 11th century.[2][3] 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),[3] with one gap - John 21:9-25.[4] Though technically still there, the first four paper leaves with the text of Matthew 1:1-4:25 were added in the 16th century.[5] The text is written in one column per page, with 21 lines per page.[2][3]
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).[4] There are however no references to the Eusebian Canons (both early divisons of the Gospels into sections.).[4]
The margins contains lectionary markings (for liturgical use),[4][5] and portraits of the Evangelists precede each of their respective Gospels (except Matthew).[4][5] The synaxarion and Menologion were added in the 14th century.[4][5]
Text
The Greek text is considered to be a representative of the Byzantine text-type.[6] Biblical scholar Kurt Aland placed it in Category V of his New Testament manuscript classification system.[6] Category V manuscripts are described as "manuscripts with a purely or predominantly Byzantine text."[6]: 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.[7] Textual critic Hermann von Soden classified it as part of the textual group Kak.[7]
History
The earliest history of the manuscript is unknown.[8] It was purchased in 1606 in Taranto.[8] It was examined by biblical scholar Johann M .A. Scholz (1794-1852).[8][4] Scholz also added it to the list of New Testament manuscripts.[5]: 225 Biblical scholar Caspar René Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]
It is currently dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[3] It is presently housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (shelf number B. 62 sup.), in Milan.[2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament [The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament]. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 60.
- 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Liste Handschriften: Minuscule 350". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Further reading
- Catalogus graecorum Bibliothecace Ambrosianae (Mediolani 1906), vol. I, pp. 109–110.