{{New Testament manuscript infobox | form = Minuscule | number = '''347''' | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Gospels | script = Greek | date = 12th century | found = | now at = Biblioteca Ambrosiana | cite = Scholz, ''Biblisch-kritische Reise'' (1823) | size = {{×|23.1|16.5|cm}} | type = Byzantine text-type | cat = V | hand = | note = correctly written }}

'''Minuscule 347''' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 226 (Soden),<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/n71/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=60}}</ref> is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.<ref name = Aland>{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = K. | author-link = Kurt Aland |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 67 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}</ref> It has full marginalia.

== Description ==

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 245 parchment leaves ({{×|23.1|16.5|cm}}) with only one lacuna (Matthew 1:1-10). The text is written in one column per page, in 25 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/>

The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (''titles'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233 Sections - 16:8), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).<ref name = Gregory/>

It contains Prolegomena, Epistula ad Carpianum, tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, and lectionary markings at the end of each Gospel (for liturgical use).<ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 181 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n193/mode/2up }}</ref>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K<sup>x</sup>.<ref name = Wisse/> Aland placed it in Category V.<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 | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 138 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref>

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family K<sup>x</sup> 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 | year = 1982 | location = Grand Rapids | page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/59 59] | url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/59 | isbn = 0-8028-1918-4 | url-access = registration }}</ref>

The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is placed after John 21:25.<ref name = Gregory/>

== History ==

The manuscript was written by Constantin Chrysographus. It was examined by Scholz<ref>J. M. A. Scholz, ''Biblisch-kritische Reise'' (Leipzig, 1823), p. 70-73.</ref> and Burgon. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).<ref>{{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 | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1861 | location = London | edition = 4 | volume = 1 | page = 225 }}</ref> C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.<ref name = Gregory/>

The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (R. 35 sup.) in Milan.<ref name = Aland/>

== See also ==

{{Portal|Bible}} * List of New Testament minuscules * Biblical manuscript * Textual criticism

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* J. M. A. Scholz, ''Biblisch-kritische Reise'' (Leipzig, 1823), p.&nbsp;70-73.

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