Text Gospels † Script Greek Size 19 cm by 15 cm | Date 12th century Now at Dionysiou monastery Type Byzantine | |
 | ||
Minuscule 930 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 2003 (von Soden), is a 12th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. It has marginalia and was prepared for liturgical use. The manuscript has survived in complete condition.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, with some lacunae at the end, on 227 parchment leaves (size 19 cm by 15 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page. The leaves of the codex are arranged in octavo. It lacks the text of John 19:1-21:25. It contains portraits of the Evangelists before each Gospel.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category. According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.
History
The manuscript was dated by Gregory to the 12th century. Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 12th century. The codex 930 was seen by Gregory at the Dionysiou monastery (22), in Mount Athos. Currently the manuscript is housed at the Dionysiou monastery (53 (22)) in Athos.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by C. R. Gregory (930e). It was not on Scrivener's list, but it was added to his list by Edward Miller in the 4th edition of A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament.
It is not cited in critical editions of the Greek New Testament (UBS4, NA28).