Minuscule 69

Minuscule 69
New Testament manuscript
NameCodex Leicester
TextNew Testament
Date15th century
ScriptGreek
Now atLeicester
Size37.8 cm by 27 cm
TypeCaesarean text-type (Gospels), Byzantine (rest of books)
CategoryIII, V
Noteno marginalia

Minuscule 69 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 505 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts),[1] known as the Codex Leicester, or Codex Leicestrensis, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper and parchment leaves. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the 15th century. Some leaves of the codex are lost. It has been examined and collated by many palaeographers and textual critics. Although it is of a late date, its text is remarkable from the point of view of textual criticism.[2]

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 50.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Metzger was invoked but never defined (see the help page).