Minuscule 262
New Testament manuscript
Minuscule 262 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1020 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 212 parchment leaves (32.9 cm by 25 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, in 27 lines.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and some τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. The Ammonian Sections and references to the Eusebian Canons to Gospel of Luke and Gospel of John were added by a later hand.
It contains lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.
It has the famous Jerusalem Colophon ("from the ancient manuscripts of Jerusalem").
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.
“Minuscule 262” enters the record as new Testament manuscript. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Minuscule, Testament and manuscript can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Minuscule 262” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Minuscule, Testament and manuscript provides the most credible route into that argument.
Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 9, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q6870104. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1020.
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