Minuscule 361


Minuscule 361, ε 316, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.
It was adapted for liturgical use.
It is known as Codex de Rossi 1.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 186 parchment leaves with lacunae. It is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page.
It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, lectionary equipment at the margin, αναγνωσεις, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and numbers of Stichometry.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. Aland placed it in Category V.
It belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 the manuscript is defective.

History

The manuscript once belonged to J. B. de Rossi. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.
It was fully described by De Rossi in his Catalogue. It was examined by Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma.