Minuscule 366

{{New Testament manuscript infobox | form = Minuscule | number = '''366''' | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Gospel of Matthew † | script = Greek | date = 14th century | found = | now at = Laurentian Library | cite = | size = {{×|29|22.5|cm}} | type = Byzantine | cat = V | hand = | note = marginalia }}

'''Minuscule 366''' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), C<sup>μ24</sup> (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=61}}</ref> is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th 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 = 68 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}</ref> It has marginalia.

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew on 323 parchment leaves ({{×|29|22.5|cm}}) with lacunae (Matthew 1:1-2:16). It is written in one column per page, in 31 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> The biblical text is written in red. It is surrounded by a catena.<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 (with a Harmony).<ref name = Gregory/>

It contains {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}} (''lessons'') and many marginal notes added by a later hands.<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 = 183 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n195/mode/2up }}</ref>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. 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>

== History ==

The manuscript 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 = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4 | volume = 1 | page = 233 }}</ref> It was examined by Burgon and C. R. Gregory (1886).<ref name = Gregory/>

The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Laurentiana (Conv. Soppr. 171) in Florence.<ref name = Aland/>

== References ==

== Further reading ==

* {{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 = 183 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n195/mode/2up }}

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