Minuscule 323

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Minuscule 323 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 157 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.^[1]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 374 parchment leaves (13.5 cm by 10.2 cm) with some lacunae. Written in one column per page, in 18 lines per page.^[1] Texts Acts 1:1-8; 2:36-45 were supplied by a later hand. There are other small defects. Beautifully but carelessly written, without subscriptions.^[2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, but the Byzantine element is very strong. Aland assigned it to Category II in Catholic epistles, and to Category III elsewhere. Textually it is very close to the codex 322, as a sister manuscript.^[3]

It is a member of the textual family 1739.

In Acts 8:37 it has additional verse together with the manuscripts Codex Basilensis, 453, Minuscule 945, 1739, 1891, 2818 (formerly 36^a), and several others.^[4]

In Acts 8:39 it has addition πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐπέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸν εὐνοῦχον, ἄγγελος δέ κυρίου ἥρπασεν τὸν Φίλιππον (the holy spirit fell on on eunuch, and an angel caught up Philip). This reading is supported by the manuscripts Codex Alexandrinus, Minuscule 453, Minuscule 945, Minuscule 1739, Minuscule 1891, Minuscule 2818, it^p, vg, syr^h, and several other.^[4]

History

The manuscript was brought from Greece. It was examined by Mill, Griesbach, and Scholz.^[5] The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibl. public. et univ. (Gr. 20) at Geneve.^[1]

See also

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

References

• 1. Aland, K.; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 66. ISBN 3110119862.
• 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London. p. 287.
• 3. Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
• 4. Nestle-Aland, Nobum Testamentum Graece, 26th edition, p. 345; Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2001), p. 316.
• 5. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 266.

Further reading

• W. J. Elliott, The Relationship between 322 and 323 of the Greek New Testament, NTS 14 (1968), pp. 271-281.

External links

• Minuscule 323 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 323