Minuscule 347


Minuscule 347, ε 226, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. It has full marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 245 parchment leaves with only one lacuna. The text is written in one column per page, in 25 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Prolegomena, Epistula ad Carpianum, tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, and lectionary markings at the end of each Gospel.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.
The text of the Pericope Adulterae is placed after John 21:25.

History

The manuscript was written by Constantin Chrysographus. It was examined by Scholz and Burgon. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.
C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan.