Minuscule 346

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Minuscule 346 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 226 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.^[1]

Contents 1 Description 2 Text 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 168 parchment leaves (22.3 cm by 16.5 cm) with one Lacunae (John 3:26-7:52). Written in one column per page, in 31-32 lines per page.^[1] It contains tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 234 - 16:9), Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions, remata, στιχοι Verse.^[2] It is carelessly written.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Caesarean text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4]

It is a member of the textual family f¹³.^[2] It has many unusual readings (e.g. Matt 1:16).^[3]

History

The manuscript was bought in 1606 at "Callipoli in Salentinis".^[2] The manuscript was examined by Scholz and Burgon. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).^[5] Text of the codex was collated by Abbott and edited by Ferrar.

The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (S. 23 sup.) in Milan.^[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. 67. ISBN 3110119862.
• 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 181.
• 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 231.
• 4. 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. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
• 5. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London. p. 225.

Further reading

• J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise (Leipzig, 1823), p. 70-73.
• William Hugh Ferrar, "A Collation of Four Important Manuscripts of the Gospels", ed. T. K. Abbott (Dublin: Macmillan & Co., 1877).

External links

• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 346