title: Minuscule 354
text: # Minuscule 354
  
  Minuscule 354 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), $Θ^{ε13}$ (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.
  
  ## Description
  
  The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 1:1-27:66 on 442 parchment leaves (24.5 cm by 16 cm) with a Commentary of Theophylact. The text us written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page. It was written in a very large hand.
  
  ## Text
  
  The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
  
  ## History
  
  The manuscript was bought by Theodor Constantin, in 1415, in Constantinople. It once belonged to Cardinal Bessarion (as codices 205, 357). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). It was examined by Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
  
  The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z. 29) in Venice.
  
  