Minuscule 16
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New Testament manuscript |
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| Text | Gospels |
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| Date | 14th-century |
| Script | Greek-Latin diglot |
| Now at | National Library of France |
| Size | 31.6 cm by 25.2 cm |
| Type | mixed/Byzantine |
| Category | none |
| Note | group 16 marginalia |
Minuscule 16 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 449 (Soden). It is a diglot Greek-Latin minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 361 parchment leaves (31.6 cm by 25.2 cm), dated palaeographically to the 14th-century. It has full marginalia and was prepared for liturgical use.
The codex contains almost complete text of the four Gospels with lacunae (Mark 16:14-20). The text is written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with no references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables (Latin) at the beginning, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels.
The text of the codex is written in four colours. "The general run of the narrative is in vermilion; the words of Jesus, the genealogy of Jesus, and the words of angels are in crimson; the words quoted from the Old Testament as well as those of the disciples, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Mary, Simeon, and John the Baptist are in blue; and the words of Pharisees, the centurion, Judas Iscariot, and the devil are in black." It contains only one picture.
In the Greek text Mark 16:14-20 and in the Latin text Mark 9:18-16:20 were lost. Latin texts of Mark 9:18-11:13, Luke 5:21-44; John 1:1-12:17 were added by a later hand.
The Greek text of the codex is mixed but the Byzantine text-type is predominant. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Iβb, it means it has some the Caesarean readings.Aland did not place it in any Category.
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