Minuscule 322
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Minuscule 322 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 550 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 15th century.[1] Formerly it was labeled by 27a and 33p.[2]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 134 paper leaves (21 cm by 15 cm). Written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[1] There are no chapter divisions made by prima manu, the writing is small, and abbreviated.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland assigned it to Category II in Catholic epistles, and to Category III elsewhere. Textually it is very close to the codex 323 (sister manuscript).[4]
In Acts 8:39 it has addition αγιον επεπεσεν επι τον ευνουχον, αγγελος δε (holy fell on on eunuch, and an angel). This reading is supported by the manuscripts Codex Alexandrinus, 323, 453, 945, 1739, 1891, 2818 and several other.[5]
History
The manuscript once belonged to John Drakos in 1654. John Covel (1637-1722), British chaplain in Constantinople, purchased it in Adrianopol in 1675 (together with codex 321).[3]
It was examined by Mill, Griesbach, and Bloomfeld.[2]
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Harley 5620) at London.[1]
See also
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. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 265.
- 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 286.
- 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. 132. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- 5. 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.
Further reading
- W. J. Elliott, The Relationship between 322 and 323 of the Greek New Testament, NTS 14 (1968), pp. 271-281.
- Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 116, 460.
External links
- Herleian 5620 at the British LIbrary
- Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 322
