Minuscule 381

Minuscule 381 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Α⁴⁰⁰ and Ν^λ47 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.^[2]

Minuscule 381

New Testament manuscript
Name	Palatino-Vaticanus 20
Text	Gospel of Luke
Date	14th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Vatican Library
Size	31.4 cm by 25 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke on 226 paper leaves (31.4 cm by 25 cm) with only one lacuna (Luke 1:1-5). It is written in one column per page, in 33 lines per page.^[2] The biblical text is surrounded by a catena.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[5]

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated it to the 14th century.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).^[6] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.^[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Pal. gr. 20) in Rome.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism