Minuscule 395

{{New Testament manuscript infobox

| form = Minuscule

| number = 395

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| text = Gospels

| script = Greek

| date = 12th century

| found =

| now at = Biblioteca Casanatense

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| size = {{×|28|20.9}}

| type = Byzantine text-type

| cat = V

| hand =

| note = marginalia

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Minuscule 395 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 216 (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 parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.{{Cite book

| last = Aland

| first = K.

| 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 }}

It contains marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 170 parchment leaves ({{×|28|20.9}}). The text is written in two columns per page, in 25 lines per page. The text of John 1:19-25 was supplied by a later hand in the 18th century.

The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 Sections, 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).

It contains the tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (tables of contents) before each Gospel, pictures, and marginal corrections.{{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 = 185

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n197/mode/2up

}}

It is a palimpsest. The text of minuscule 395 is the upper text of the palimpsest. The lower text is unidentified, written in two columns with 30 lines in columns.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Ir (similar to Λ group). 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}}

According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual cluster 490 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.{{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/60 60]

| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/60

| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4

| url-access = registration

}}

History

The manuscript was bought about 1765 A.D. 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

| publisher = George Bell & Sons

| year = 1894

| location = London

| edition = 4

| volume = 1

| page = 225

}}

C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.

The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Casanatense (165) 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

| page = 185

| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n197/mode/2up

}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0395}}

Category:Greek New Testament minuscules

Category:12th-century biblical manuscripts

Category:Palimpsests