Minuscule 387

Minuscule 387 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 205 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.^[2] It has marginalia.

Minuscule 387

New Testament manuscript
Text	Gospels
Date	12th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Vatican Library
Size	21.8 cm by 16.6 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V
Note	member of Kr

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 298 parchment leaves (21.8 cm by 16.6 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 21 lines per page.^[2]

It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin (for Church reading), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of stichoi.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K^r.^[4] Aland placed it in Category V.^[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family K^r in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates textual pair with 1471.^[4]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).^[6] It was examined and described by Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi.^[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.^[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Ottob. gr. 204) in Rome.^[2]

See also

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