Minuscule 327 Explained

Minuscule 327 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O36 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 37a and 43p.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts, Catholic epistles, and Paul on 298 parchment leaves with lacunae (Hebrews 13:21-25). The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page.[2] The order of books: Acts, James, Jude, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Pauline epistles.

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each sacred book, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages, and marginal notes.[3] The text of Hebrews 13:21-25 was supplied by a later hand.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland assigned it to the Category V.[4]

History

The manuscript was used by Walton in his Polyglot, and by Mill in his Novum Testamentum (as N. 2). Walton erroneously described it, and after him by Wettstein, as a part of the codex 58, which is a much later manuscript. It was examined by Dobbin.[5] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[3]

Formerly it was labelled by 37a and 43p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 327 to it.[1]

The manuscript is currently housed at the New College (59) at Oxford.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 60.
  2. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 66 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 266 .
  4. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 138 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 287 .