Minuscule 378 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 258 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 56a, 227p.[3] It has some marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 221 parchment leaves with one lacuna (Acts 10:15-36). The text is written in one column per page, in 26-31 lines per page.[2]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each sacred book, numbers of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, lectionary markings at the margin, synaxaria, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of stichoi.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type (except Catholic epistles). Aland placed it in Category V (except Catholic epistles). The text of the Catholic epistles has higher value, Aland placed it in III Category.[4]
The manuscript once belonged to John Metelli.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[5] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6]
Formerly it was labelled by 56a, 227p.[3] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 378 to it.[1]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bodleian Library (MS. E. D. Clarke 4) in Oxford.[2]