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]

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

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.

Aland gave for it the following textual profile: Acts 75¹ 28^1/2 4² 1^s, Cath 62¹ 7^1/2 16² 13^s, Paul 158¹ 48^1/2 3² 0^S.^[3]

1: agreements with the Byzantine text

1/2: agreements with the Byzantine text where it has the same reading as the original text

2: agreements with the original text

S: independent or distinctive readings ("Sonderlesarten")

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]

It was examined by Scholz who added it to the list of the New Testament manuscripts (as 9^a and 11^p). In 1908 Gregory gave for it number 398.

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

• 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. 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.

Further reading

External links

• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 398