Minuscule 285

Minuscule 285 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 527 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.^[2] It has marginalia.

Minuscule 285

New Testament manuscript
Text	Gospels
Date	15th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size	19.8 cm by 13.8 cm
Type	Byzantine, member of Kr
Category	V
Note	marginalia

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 246 parchment leaves (19.9 cm by 13.8 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.^[2]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.^[3]

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, lists of the κεφαλαια (lists of contents) before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and pictures.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K^r.^[4] Aland placed it in Category V.^[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents to the textual family K^r in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It is weak member of textual cluster 20.^[4]

The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an obelus.^[3]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Teller's. It was presented by Augustin Justinian to Giovanni Maria Catanaeo from Navara († 1529). It was used by Kuster's, who designated it as Paris 1.^[6] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[7] It was examined by Wettstein, Griesbach, Scholz, and Gregory (1885).^[3] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.^[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.^[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 95) at Paris.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 58.
2. Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 64. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
3. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 176.
4. 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. pp. 58, 92. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
5. 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.
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. 227.
7. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London. p. 225.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
8. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 70

Further reading

• Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 70.