Minuscule 383
Encyclopedia
Minuscule 383 α 353 (Soden), is a Greek
minuscule manuscript
of the New Testament
, on parchment. Paleographically
it has been assigned to the 13th century.
Formerly it was labelled by 58a and 224p.
, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles
on 181 parchment leaves with lacunae
(Hebrews 13:7-25). The text is written in one column per page, in 24-28 lines per page.
Folio 182, bound with the codex, contains text of lectionary 922.
in Acts of the Apostles. In rest of books it represents the Alexandrian text-type
.
Kurt Aland
did not place it in any Category
.
, Gaisford, Scholz, and Pott
. Codex 58a of Wettstein is the same as 22a. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.
Formerly it was labelled by 58a and 224p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 383 to it.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bodleian Library
(E. D. Clarke 9, fol. 1-181) in Oxford
.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
minuscule manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, on parchment. Paleographically
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
it has been assigned to the 13th century.
Formerly it was labelled by 58a and 224p.
Description
The codex contains the text of the ActsActs of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles , usually referred to simply as Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament; Acts outlines the history of the Apostolic Age...
, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles
Pauline epistles
The Pauline epistles, Epistles of Paul, or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen New Testament books which have the name Paul as the first word, hence claiming authorship by Paul the Apostle. Among these letters are some of the earliest extant Christian documents...
on 181 parchment leaves with lacunae
Lacuna (manuscripts)
A lacunaPlural lacunae. From Latin lacūna , diminutive form of lacus . is a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or a musical work...
(Hebrews 13:7-25). The text is written in one column per page, in 24-28 lines per page.
Folio 182, bound with the codex, contains text of lectionary 922.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Western text-typeWestern text-type
The Western text-type is one of several text-types used in textual criticism to describe and group the textual character of Greek New Testament manuscripts...
in Acts of the Apostles. In rest of books it represents the Alexandrian text-type
Alexandrian text-type
The Alexandrian text-type , associated with Alexandria, is one of several text-types used in New Testament textual criticism to describe and group the textual character of biblical manuscripts...
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Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
did not place it in any Category
Categories of New Testament manuscripts
New Testament manuscripts in Greek are categorized into five groups, according to a scheme introduced in 1981 by Kurt and Barbara Aland in Der Text des Neuen Testaments. The categories are based on how each manuscript relates to the various text-types. Generally speaking, earlier Alexandrian...
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History
The manuscript was examined by WettsteinJohann Jakob Wettstein
Johann Jakob Wettstein was a Swiss theologian, best known as a New Testament critic.-Youth and study:...
, Gaisford, Scholz, and Pott
August Pott
August Friedrich Pott was a German pioneer in linguistics.Pott was a theology student at the University of Göttingen, where he became interested in philology. He completed his doctoral dissertation in 1827 and went to the University of Berlin to study with Franz Bopp, an important pioneer in...
. Codex 58a of Wettstein is the same as 22a. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.
Formerly it was labelled by 58a and 224p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 383 to it.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
(E. D. Clarke 9, fol. 1-181) in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
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See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
Further reading
- August Pott, Der abendländische Text der Apostelgeschichte und die Wir-Quelle, Leipzig 1900, p. 78-88.
- A. V. Valentine-Richards, The Text of Acts in Codex 614 (Tisch 137) and its Allies (Cambridge, 1934).
External links
- Minuscule 383 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism