# Minuscule 263

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{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form   = Minuscule
| number = '''263'''
| image  = 
| isize  = 
| caption= 
| name   = 
| sign   = 
| text   = [New Testament](/source/New_Testament) (except Rev.)
| script = [Greek](/source/Greek_language)
| date   = 13th century
| found  = 
| now at = [National Library of France](/source/National_Library_of_France)
| cite   = 
| size   = {{×|21.1|15.7}}
| type   = eclectic
| cat    = III/V
| hand   = 
| note   = [marginalia](/source/marginalia)
}}

'''Minuscule 263''' (in the [Gregory-Aland](/source/Biblical_manuscript) numbering), δ 372 ([Soden](/source/Biblical_manuscript)),<ref name = Gregory1908>{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n67/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=57}}</ref> is a [Greek](/source/Greek_language) [minuscule](/source/Lower_case) [manuscript](/source/manuscript) of the [New Testament](/source/New_Testament), on parchment. [Paleographically](/source/Palaeography) it has been assigned to the 13th century.<ref name = Aland>K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''[Walter de Gruyter](/source/Walter_de_Gruyter)'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 62.</ref> It has [marginalia](/source/marginalia).

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [New Testament](/source/New_Testament) except [Book of Revelation](/source/Book_of_Revelation) on 294 parchment leaves ({{×|21.1|15.7}}). The text is written in one column per page, in 28-29 lines.<ref name = Aland/> The order of books: [Gospel](/source/Gospel)s, [Acts of the Apostles](/source/Acts_of_the_Apostles), [Catholic epistles](/source/Catholic_epistles), and [Pauline epistles](/source/Pauline_epistles) (Hebrews after [2 Thessalonians](/source/Second_Epistle_to_the_Thessalonians)).<ref name = Gregory/>

The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. The text of the Gospels is also a divided according to the [Ammonian Sections](/source/Ammonian_Sections) (in Mark 234 Sections, the last section in 16:9). It has no references to the [Eusebian Canons](/source/Eusebian_Canons).<ref name = Gregory/>

It contains tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and subscriptions at the end of each of biblical book, with numbers of {{lang|grc|[στιχοι](/source/Stichometry)}}.<ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book
 | last = Gregory
 | first = Caspar René
 | author-link = Caspar René Gregory
 | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
 | publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
 | year = 1900
 | location = Leipzig
 | volume = 1
 | page = 173
 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n185/mode/2up
 }}</ref>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [Byzantine text-type](/source/Byzantine_text-type) (except Paul). [Kurt Aland](/source/Kurt_Aland) placed it in [Category III](/source/Categories_of_New_Testament_manuscripts) in Pauline epistles and in [Category V](/source/Categories_of_New_Testament_manuscripts) in rest of books. The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [Byzantine text-type](/source/Byzantine_text-type). [Aland](/source/Kurt_Aland) placed it in [Category V](/source/Categories_of_New_Testament_manuscripts).<ref>{{Cite book
 | last = Aland
 | first = Kurt
 | author-link = Kurt Aland
 | last2 = Aland
 | first2 = Barbara
 | author-link2 = Barbara Aland
 | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
 | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
 | publisher = [William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company](/source/William_B._Eerdmans_Publishing_Company)
 | year = 1995
 | location = Grand Rapids
 | page = 138
 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref>

[Hermann von Soden](/source/Hermann_von_Soden) classified it to the textual family [K<sup>1</sup>](/source/Family_K1).<ref name = Wisse/>

According to  the [Claremont Profile Method](/source/Claremont_Profile_Method) it represents textual family [K<sup>x</sup>](/source/Family_Kx) in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.<ref name = Wisse>{{Cite book
 | last = Wisse
 | first = Frederik
 | title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke
 | publisher = [William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company](/source/William_B._Eerdmans_Publishing_Company)
 | year = 1982
 | location = Grand Rapids
 | page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/58 58]
 | url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/58
 | isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
 | url-access = registration
 }}</ref>

Ending of the [Epistle to the Romans](/source/Epistle_to_the_Romans) has omitted verse 16:24 (as in codices [Codex Sinaiticus](/source/Codex_Sinaiticus) [A](/source/Codex_Alexandrinus) [B](/source/Codex_Vaticanus) [C](/source/Codex_Ephraemi_Rescriptus) [5](/source/Minuscule_5) [81](/source/Minuscule_81) [623](/source/Minuscule_623) [1739](/source/Minuscule_1739) 1838 1962 [2127](/source/Minuscule_2127) it<sup>z</sup> vg<sup>ww</sup> cop<sup>sa,bo</sup> eth<sup>ro</sup> Origen<sup>lat</sup>).<ref>UBS3, p. 576.</ref>

== History ==

The place of origin is probably Asia Minor.<ref name = Scrivener/> The manuscript once belonged to [Jean Hurault de Boistaillé](/source/Jean_Hurault_de_Boistaill%C3%A9), together with the manuscripts [10](/source/Minuscule_10), [203](/source/Minuscule_203), [301](/source/Minuscule_301), [306](/source/Minuscule_306), [314](/source/Minuscule_314). The manuscripts was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by [Scholz](/source/Johann_Martin_Augustin_Scholz) (1794-1852).<ref name = Scrivener>{{Cite book
 | last = Scrivener
 | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
 | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
 |author2=Edward Miller
 | title = [A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament](/source/A_Plain_Introduction_to_the_Criticism_of_the_New_Testament)
 | publisher = [George Bell & Sons](/source/George_Bell_%26_Sons)
 | year = 1894
 | location = London
 | edition = 4
 | volume = 1
 | page = 225
 }}</ref>
It was examined and described by [Paulin Martin](/source/Paulin_Martin).<ref>[Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin](/source/Paulin_Martin), ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 54</ref> [C. R. Gregory](/source/C._R._Gregory) saw the manuscript in 1885.<ref name = Gregory/>

The manuscript is currently housed at the [Bibliothèque nationale de France](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France) (Gr. 61) at [Paris](/source/Paris).<ref name = Aland/>

== See also ==

* [List of New Testament minuscules](/source/List_of_New_Testament_minuscules)
* [Biblical manuscript](/source/Biblical_manuscript)
* [Textual criticism](/source/Textual_criticism)

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* [Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin](/source/Paulin_Martin), ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothè des Paris'' (Paris 1883), p.&nbsp;54

== External links ==

* R. Waltz, [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m263 Minuscule 263], ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''

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