Text Gospels Script Greek Type mixed | Date 13th century Size 18.5 cm by 14.3 cm | |
Now at National Library of France | ||
Minuscule 4 (Gregory-Aland), ε 371 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 212 parchment leaves (18.5 cm by 14.3 cm), dated palaeographically to the 13th century. Formerly it was named Codex Regius 84. It has full marginalia. It was adapted for liturgical use.
Contents
Description
The codex contains almost complete text of the four Gospels with four lacunae (Matthew 2:9-20; Mark 15:42-16:14; John 1:1-13.49-3:11). The text is written in one column per page, 26-28 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numerals are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 227 sections), with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, synaxaria, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of στιχοι, and extracts from some Church Fathers.
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked with an obelus.
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a mixture of text-types. According to Tischendorf its text is mixed but with a strong Byzantine element.
Aland did not place it in any Category. Textually it is close to the codex 273.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 it has mixed Byzantine text.
In Matthew 21:31 it has textual variant ὁ δεύτερος (the second) against ὁ πρῶτος (the first), ὁ ὕστερος (the last), or ὁ ἔσχατος (the last). This reading is supported by the codex 273 and ℓ 547.
History
The manuscript was used by Erasmus in his edition of Novum Testamentum, and by Robert Estienne in his Editio Regia (1550), who designated it as γ'. John Mill noticed its affinity to the Latin versions and the Complutensian Polyglot.
It was examined by Scholz and Paulin Martin. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
The codex is located now at the National Library of France (Gr. 84) in Paris.