Minuscule 372

{{New Testament manuscript infobox

| form = Minuscule

| number = 372

| image =

| isize =

| caption=

| name =

| sign =

| text = Gospels

| script = Greek

| date = 16th century

| found =

| now at = Vatican Library

| cite =

| size = {{×|24.2|16.7|cm}}

| type = mixed

| cat = none

| hand = beautifully written

| note =

}}

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

{{Reflist}}

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

}}