Minuscule 18
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New Testament manuscript |
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| Text | New Testament |
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| Date | 1364 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | National Library of France |
| Size | 29 cm by 21 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | member of the Kr group |
Minuscule 18 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 411 (Soden). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament. According to the colophon it was written in 1364 CE. The manuscript has complex contents. It has marginalia.
It is one of few copies of the whole New Testament and the Book of Psalms. It contains also liturgical books with hagiographies: synaxaria and Menologion.
The biblical text is written on 444 parchment leaves (28.9 cm by 21.3 cm) in one column per page with 23 lines per page in large uncial letters. The initial letters in red.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, but there is no τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. The text of the Gospels is not divided according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) preceded each sacred book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of στιχοι, and Euthalian Apparatus.
It is one of the few copies of the whole New Testament. The order of books is: Gospels, Book of Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Apocalypse.
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