Minuscule 329 Explained

Minuscule 329 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A²¹⁹ (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.^[2]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 321 parchment leaves with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, biblical text in 25 lines per page, text of commentary in 50 lines per page.^[2]

It contains the table of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (table of contents) before Gospel of John, subscriptions at the end of Luke, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι to Luke and John, and a commentary (in Mark of Victor's).^[3] Matthew 25:36-28:20 was added by a later hand, without a commentary. Mark 14:11-20 has not a commentary.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.^[5]

History

The manuscript was described by Bernard de Montfaucon. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[6] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.^[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.^[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Coislin, Gr. 19) at Paris.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• Bernard de Montfaucon, Bibliotheca Coisliniana (Paris, 1715), B. 62f.

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 . 179 .
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: Wisse , Frederik . The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 59 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1861 . London . 4 . 1 . 168 .
7. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]