Minuscule 246
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New Testament manuscript |
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| Text | Gospels |
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| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | State Historical Museum |
| Size | 24.6 cm by 17.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | member of Kr |
Minuscule 246 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 460 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 189 paper leaves (size 24.6 cm by 17.5 cm), with two lacunae (Matthew 12:41-13:55; John 17:24-18:20). The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.
It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, marginal various readings.Synaxarion and Menologion were added by a later hand.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20 as a perfect member. In Luke 10 no profile was made.
Formerly the manuscript was held at Athos peninsula. It was brought to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the Patriarch Nikon, in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676). The manuscript was collated by C. F. Matthaei.
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