Minuscule 337
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 337
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| text = New Testament (except Gospels)
| script = Greek
| date = 12th century
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| now at = Bibliothèque nationale de France
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| size = {{×|25.3|16.3|cm}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = V
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| note = marginalia
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Minuscule 337 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 205 (Soden),{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n71/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=60}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
|author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack
| title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments
| publisher = Walter de Gruyter
| year = 1994
| location = Berlin, New York
| page = 268
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}
Formerly it was labelled by 51a, 133p, and 52r.{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
|author2=Edward Miller
| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament
| publisher = George Bell & Sons
| year = 1894
| location = London
| edition = 4
| volume = 1
| page = 288
}}
It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains the text of the New Testament (except Gospels) on 375 parchment leaves ({{×|25.3|16.3|cm}}) with lacunae (Acts 5:5-26; 7:56-8:8; 9:37-10:4; Rev. 10:4-11:1; 22:17-21). The text is written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.
It contains Prolegomena to the Catholic and Pauline epistles, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and subscriptions in the Pauline epistles (at the end of each epistle).{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 268
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n281/mode/2up
}}
At the end of the Epistle to the Romans it has subscription: εγραφη η προς Ρωμαιους επιστολη δια Τερτιου επεμφτη δε δια Φοιβης απο Κορινθιων.Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (2001), p. 477.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| author-link2 = Barbara Aland
| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1995
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = 138
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
History
The manuscript once belonged to Mazarin. It was and described examined by Scholz and Paulin Martin.Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris (Paris 1883), p. 111. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885. Scholz collated it entirely.{{r|Scrivener322}}
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament
| publisher = George Bell & Sons
| year = 1894
| location = London
| volume = 1
| page = 322
}}
Formerly it was labelled by 51a, 133p, and 52r. Gregory in 1908 gave the number 337 to it.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 56) in Paris.
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 268
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n281/mode/2up
}}
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules