Minuscule 337 Explained

Minuscule 337 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 205 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 51a, 133p, and 52r.[3] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the New Testament (except Gospels) on 375 parchment leaves with lacunae (Acts 5:5-26; 7:56-8:8; 9:37-10:4; Rev. 10:4-11:1; 22:17-21). The text is written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page.[2]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.

It contains Prolegomena to the Catholic and Pauline epistles, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and subscriptions in the Pauline epistles (at the end of each epistle).[4]

At the end of the Epistle to the Romans it has subscription: εγραφη η προς Ρωμαιους επιστολη δια Τερτιου επεμφτη δε δια Φοιβης απο Κορινθιων.[5]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]

History

The manuscript once belonged to Mazarin.[3] It was and described examined by Scholz and Paulin Martin.[7] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[4] Scholz collated it entirely.

The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[8]

Formerly it was labelled by 51a, 133p, and 52r.[4] Gregory in 1908 gave the number 337 to it.[1]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 56) in Paris.[2]

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Further reading

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 . 268 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 288 .
  4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 268 .
  5. [Bruce M. Metzger]
  6. 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 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]
  8. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 322 .