Minuscule 337
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | New Testament (except Gospels) |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 25.3 cm by 16.3 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 337 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 205 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 51a, 133p, and 52r.[3] It has marginalia.
Description
[edit]The codex contains the text of the New Testament (except Gospels) on 375 parchment leaves (25.3 cm by 16.3 cm) with lacunae (Acts 5:5-26; 7:56-8:8; 9:37-10:4; Rev. 10:4-11:1; 22:17-21). The text is written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.[4]
It contains Prolegomena to the Catholic and Pauline epistles, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and subscriptions in the Pauline epistles (at the end of each epistle).[4]
At the end of the Epistle to the Romans it has subscription: εγραφη η προς Ρωμαιους επιστολη δια Τερτιου επεμφτη δε δια Φοιβης απο Κορινθιων.[5]
Text
[edit]The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
History
[edit]The manuscript once belonged to Mazarin.[3] It was and described examined by Scholz and Paulin Martin.[7] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[4] Scholz collated it entirely.[8]
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[8]
Formerly it was labelled by 51a, 133p, and 52r.[4] Gregory in 1908 gave the number 337 to it.[1]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 56) in Paris.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 60.
- ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 268. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 288.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 268.
- ^ Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (2001), p. 477.
- ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris (Paris 1883), p. 111.
- ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 322.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 268.