Text Gospels Script Greek Size 41.5 cm by 28 cm | Date 15th century Now at Vatican Library Type Byzantine text-type | |
Minuscule 373 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 500 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. It has marginalia.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 221 paper leaves (41.5 cm by 28 cm) with lacunae at the end of John. The text is written in one column per page, in 46 lines with text of commentary. The biblical text is and surrounded by a catena.
The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 Sections, the last in 16:20), whose numbers are given at the margin, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and numbers of στιχοι.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. It creates pair with 301.
History
The manuscript formerly belonged to Cardinal Sirleti (1514-1585), who became a librarian of the Vatican Library. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1423) in Rome.