Minuscule 372
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 372
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| text = Gospels
| script = Greek
| date = 16th century
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| now at = Vatican Library
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| size = {{×|24.2|16.7|cm}}
| type = mixed
| cat = none
| hand = beautifully written
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Minuscule 372 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 600 (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=61}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 16th 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 = 69
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}
It is almost without a marginal equipment.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 199 parchment leaves ({{×|24.2|16.7|cm}}) with one big lacunae (John 3:1-21:25). It is written in one column per page, in 30 lines per page. According to Scrivener it is beautifully written.{{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 = 1861
| location = London
| edition = 1
| page = 172
}}
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin (in Latin).{{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
| pages = 183–184
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n195/mode/2up
}}
Text
Hermann von Soden classified its to the Ia, which would make it "Western" or "Caesarean".[http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m372 Minuscule 372] at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.{{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 = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n161 139]
| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents mixed text in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. Wisse stated that its text is very strange.{{Cite book
| last = Wisse
| first = Frederik
| title = The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1982
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/59 59]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/59
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
History
Probably it was written in Italy, by Honoratus (?).
The manuscript was added to the list of 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
| year = 1861
| location = London
| edition = 1
| page = 168
}}
C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1161) in Rome.
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 = Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| pages = 183–184
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n195/mode/2up
}}
External links
- [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m372 Minuscule 372] at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules