Minuscule 203 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 203 (Soden),[1] is a modern Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2]
The codex contains the text of the New Testament (except Gospels) on 149 parchment leaves (size), with some lacunae.[2] [3] The order of books: Pauline epistles, Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Apocalypse. It contains non-biblical material at the end with a list of the errors condemned by the Seven Ecumenical Councils.[4]
It is written in one column per page, in 32-33 lines per page.[5]
It has Euthalian Apparatus.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
The scribe of the codex was named Andreas.
It was examined by Birch and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 28816), in London.[2]
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 167 .
. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 55.
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 166 .
. Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 138 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.