New Testament minuscule

A New Testament minuscule is a copy of a portion of the New Testament written in Greek minuscule, a small, cursive Greek language script (developed from Uncial).

New Testament minuscules are distinct from: Minuscules codices contain commentaries and other additional matter, like, Prolegomena to the four Gospels, the Epistula ad Carpianum, the treatise of Pseudo-Dorotheus on the Seventy disciples and twelve apostles (82, 93, 117, 459, 613), List of Lord's miracles (e.g. 536), List of Parables of Jesus (e.g. 273, 536), short biographies of the Apostles, or summaries of the journeys of St. Paul (e.g. 468).

Since the 9th century some manuscripts have notes with the date and place of the composition of the different NT books.

Wettstein's system was improved and corrected by F. H. A. Scrivener, C. R. Gregory, and other scholars.

[3] As of 16 November 2010[update], there are currently 2911 minuscule codices catalogued by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF) in Münster.