Codex Vaticanus 253
# Codex Vaticanus 253

Codex Vaticanus 253 is one of the most important manuscripts of the treatise On the Soul by Aristotle. It is designated by the symbol L. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It is written in Greek minuscule letters. The manuscript is not complete; it contains only Book III. It belongs to the textual family λ, together with the manuscripts E, $F^c,$ $L^c,$ $K^d,$ and P.

The manuscript was cited by Trendelenburg, Torstrik, Biehl, Apelt, and Ross in their critical editions of the treatise On the Soul. Currently it is housed at the Vatican Library (gr. 253) in Rome.

## Other manuscripts

* Codex Vaticanus 260
* Codex Vaticanus 266
* Codex Coislinianus 386
* Codex Ambrosianus 435
