Date 12th century Now at British Library Type Byzantine text-type | Script modern Greek Size 21.5 cm by 29.5 cm | |
Text New Testament (except Gospels) | ||
Minuscule 203 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 203 (Soden), is a modern Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the New Testament (except Gospels) on 149 parchment leaves (size 21.5 cm by 29.5 cm), with some lacunae. The order of books: Pauline epistles, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Apocalypse. It contains non-biblical material at the end with a list of the errors condemned by the Seven Ecumenical Councils.
It is written in one column per page, in 32-33 lines per page.
It has Euthalian Apparatus.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
History
The scribe of the codex was named Andreas.
It was examined by Birch and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add. 28816), at London.