Minuscule 363


Minuscule 363, δ 455, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.
It was adapted for liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains the text of the New Testament except Book of Revelation on 306 parchment leaves with a catena. It is written in one column per page, in 32 lines per page.
It contains tables of the κεφαλαια before each book, lectionary markings at the margin, αναγνωσεις, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of Stichometry, and Euthalian Apparatus.
The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Pauline epistles, Catholic epistles.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden assigned it to the textual family Kr. Aland did not place it to any of Categories. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kr in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. It also creates the textual pair with minuscule 290.
The Pericope Adulterae is marked by an obelus.

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.
It was examined by Bandini, Scholz, Burgon, and Gregory.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Laurentiana in Florence.