Editing Minuscule 321

[[Image:Harleianus 5557 (first page of Colossians).jpg|250px|thumb|right|First page of the Epistle to Colossians; decorated initial Π]]


'''Minuscule 321''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 254 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it had been assigned to the 12th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 
Formerly it was designated by 26<sup>a</sup> and 32<sup>p</sup>.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[Catholic epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]] on 293 parchment leaves (18&nbsp;cm by 15&nbsp;cm) with [[Lacuna (manuscript)|lacunae]] (Acts 1:1-11; Heb 11:34-12:6). Written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> Decoration in colours and gold. It contains Prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, lectionary markings, [[Synaxarion]] (later hand), subscriptions, and [[Stichometry|stichoi]].<sup>[2]</sup> 

On the folio 294 it contains fragments from a 14th-century manuscripts of the [[Book of Psalms|Psalms]] (64(65):3-14 and 67(68):2-13).

== History ==

The manuscript was written in the 2nd half of the 12th century. 

The manuscript was in Constantinople in 1675. [[John Covel]] (1637-1722), British chaplain in Constantinople, purchased it in Adrianopol (together with codex [[Minuscule 322|322]]).<sup>[3]</sup> 

It was examined by [[John Mill|Mill]] and Bloomfeld.<sup>[2]</sup>  

The manuscript is currently housed at the [[British Library]] ([[Harleian Collection|Harley]] 5557) at [[London]].<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==

* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==

* 1. [[Kurt Aland|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. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 265. 
* 3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose]] (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 286.

== Further reading ==

* 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. 115, 459. 

== External links ==

* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=4933&CollID=8&NStart=5557 Harley 5557] at the ''British Library''
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_321 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 321]

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:12th-century biblical manuscripts]]
[[Category:Harleian Collection]]

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