Date 10th century Size 20.2 cm by 15 cm | Script Greek Type Byzantine text-type | |
Text Gospel of Matthew 13:43-17:5 Now at Bibliothèque nationale de France | ||
Minuscule 278b (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 162 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. It has marginalia.
Contents
Description
The codex contains only the text of the Gospel of Matthew 13:43-17:5 on 9 parchment leaves (20.2 cm by 15 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another text's division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.
History
The major part of the codex lost, only 9 leaves have survived. They were added to another codex, written in 1072, now they are designated by 278a.
The manuscript was once belonged to Mazarin. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). It was examined and described by Paulin Martin. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 82, fol. 42-50) at Paris.