Minuscule 372 Explained

Minuscule 372 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 600 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 16th century.^[2] It is almost without a marginal equipment.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 199 parchment leaves with one big lacunae (John 3:1-21:25). It is written in one column per page, in 30 lines per page.^[2] According to Scrivener it is beautifully written.^[3]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin (in Latin).^[4]

Text

Hermann von Soden classified its to the I^a, which would make it "Western" or "Caesarean".^[5] Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.^[6]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents mixed text in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. Wisse stated that its text is very strange.^[7]

History

Probably it was written in Italy, by Honoratus (?).^[4] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).^[8] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.^[4]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1161) in Rome.^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 183–184 .

External links

• Minuscule 372 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 61.
2. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 69 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1861 . London . 1 . 172 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 183–184 .
5. http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m372 Minuscule 372
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 . 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
7. 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 .
8. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . 1861 . London . 1 . 168 .