Minuscule 384

{{New Testament manuscript infobox

| form = Minuscule

| number = 384

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| text = Acts, Catholic epistles, Paul

| script = Greek

| date = 13th century

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| now at = British Library

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| size = {{×|25.4|17}}

| type = Byzantine text-type

| cat = V

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| note = marginalia

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Minuscule 384 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 355 (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/n73/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=62}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th 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 = 70

| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}

Formerly it was labeled by 59a and 62p.{{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

}}

It has some marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 132 cotton paper leaves ({{×|25.4|17}}). The text is written in one column per page, in 36 lines per page.

The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.

It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin (for Church reading), incipits, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of stichoi.

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. It contains also Martyrium Pauli.As Minuscule 462, Minuscule 615, Minuscule 2818.

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 = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n161 139]

| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt

| url-access = limited

| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

History

There is inscription on the first leaf: "liber hospitalis de Cusa trevirensis dioc. R".{{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 = 289

}}

The manuscript was examined by Griesbach (in Acts 11-13, 1 Peter, Romans, Ephesians, 1 Corinthians 1-7) and Bloomfield. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.

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 labeled by 59a and 62p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 384 to it.

The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Harley MS 5588).

See also

References

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Further reading

  • J. J. Griesbach, Symbolae criticae ad supplendas et corrigendas variarum N. T. lectionum collectiones (Halle, 1793), pp. 160–162. 186.

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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules

Category:13th-century biblical manuscripts

Category:Harleian Collection