Minuscule 398
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Minuscule 398 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 398 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 10th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 251 parchment leaves (17.7 cm by 12.2 cm) with lacunae (Acts 3:6-17; 1 Timothy 4:12-2 Timothy 4:3; Heb 7:20-11:10; 11:23-13:25). Written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[1][2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type with exception for the Catholic epistles. Aland placed it in Category V (except Catholic epistles).[3] The text of Catholic epistles Aland assigned to the Category III.
History
The manuscript once belonged to Fraeois Vatablus, friend of Robert Estienne and profesor of Hebrew in Paris. The manuscript probably was used in Editio Regia as ιγ'.[2][4]
In the 18th century it was used as an argument against the authenticity of the Comma Johanneum.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Cambridge University Library (Kk. 6.4) in Rome.[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. 70. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 263.
- 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. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1. London. p. 284.
