Minuscule 359
Minuscule 359, ε 317, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.
It has marginalia. It was known as Codex Mutinensis 9.Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 310 paper leaves. It is written in one column per page, in 19 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι at the top. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections,.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, Prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Synaxarion, and Menologion.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, Luke 10, and Luke 20.History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.
It was examined by Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Estense in Modena.
