Minuscule 383 Explained

Minuscule 383 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 353 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.^{[2] [3]} Formerly it was labelled by 58^a and 224^p.^[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 181 parchment leaves with lacunae (Hebrews 13:7-25).^[4] The text is written in one column per page, in 24-28 lines per page.^{[2] [5]}

Folio 182, bound with the codex, contains the text of lectionary 922.^[2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Western text-type in Acts of the Apostles.^[6] In rest of books it represents the Alexandrian text-type.

Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.^[7]

History

The manuscript was examined by Wettstein, Gaisford, Scholz, and Pott. Codex 58^a of Wettstein is the same as 22^a.^[4] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.

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

Formerly it was labelled by 58^a and 224^p.^[3] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 383 to it.

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bodleian Library in Oxford (MS. E. D. Clarke 9, fols. 1-181).

See also

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

Further reading

• August Pott, Der abendländische Text der Apostelgeschichte und die Wir-Quelle, Leipzig 1900, p. 78-88.
• A. V. Valentine-Richards, The Text of Acts in Codex 614 (Tisch 137) and its Allies (Cambridge, 1934).

External links

• Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . April 21, 2013 . Münster.
• Minuscule 383 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. 62.
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: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 268 .
4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 289 .
5. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . April 21, 2013 . Münster.
6. [David Alan Black]
7. 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 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
8. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . . . 1894 . London . 1 . 322 .