Minuscule 392 Explained

Minuscule 392 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε23 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.^[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 385 parchment leaves . It is written in one column per page, in 36 lines per page.^[2] It contains the commentary of Theophylact.^[3]

It is a minuscule portion of the same codex to which belongs uncial codex 054 (first six pages).^[4]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.^[4]

The order of the Gospels is an unusual: Matthew, Luke, Mark, John (as in codex 498).^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents mixed Byzantine text in Luke 1 and textual family K^x in Luke 10 and Luke 20.^[6]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).^[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.^[4]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Barberini gr. 521, fol. 7-391) 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 . 185 .

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 , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 70 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1861 . London . 1 . 168 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 235 .
5. 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.
6. 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 . 60 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
7. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1861 . London . 1 . 168 .