Minuscule 1253


Minuscule 1253, Θε64. It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. Palaeografically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels with a commentaries of Theophylact, written on 209 paper leaves. It has two lacunae in Matthew 1:1-2; John 9:3-21.25. The text is written in two columns per page, in 36 and more lines per page. It contains pictures.

Text

did not place its text into any Category.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixed text in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.
In Matthew 6:13, in the Lord's Prayer it has unique addition ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία, τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν.
In Matthew 19:16 it reads διδασκαλε αγαθε — C, K, W, Δ, Θ, f13, 28, 33, 565, 700, 892mg, 1009, 1071, 1079, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241, 1242, 1344, 1546, 1646, 2148, 2174, Byz, Lect, it, vg, syr, copsa, arm, eth, Diatessaron.
In Luke 15:21 it has additional reading ποιησον με ως ενα των μισθιων σου; the reading is supported by Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Bezae, Monacensis, 33, 700, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241, 1344, ℓ 13, ℓ 15, ℓ 60, ℓ 80, ℓ 185.
It contains text of Luke 22:43-44.
In John 6:1 it reads της θαλασσης της Γαλιλαιας εις τα μερη της Τιβεριαδος – along with Codex Bezae, Θ, 892, 1009, 1230.

History

According to Victor Gardthausen the manuscript was written in the 16th century. Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.
Of the history of the codex 1253 nothing is known until the year 1886, when it was seen by Victor Gardthausen, German palaeographer, who made first described the codex.
C. R. Gregory on the basis of Gardthausen description added it to the list of the New Testament manuscripts.
Currently the codex is located in the Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai.