Editing Minuscule 322

[[Image:Harley 5620 First page from the Acts.jpg|250px|thumb|right|
The first page of the codex; initial 'T' with geometric and decoration.]]
'''Minuscule 322''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 550 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on paper. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it had been assigned to the 15th century.<sup>[1]</sup> 
Formerly it was labeled by 27<sup>a</sup> and 33<sup>p</sup>.<sup>[2]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[Catholic epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]] on 134 paper leaves (21&nbsp;cm by 15&nbsp;cm). Written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> There are no chapter divisions made by ''prima manu'', the writing is small, and abbreviated.<sup>[3]</sup> 

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] assigned it to [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category II|Category II]] in Catholic epistles, and to [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]] elsewhere. Textually it is very close to the codex [[Minuscule 323|323]] (sister manuscript).<sup>[4]</sup>

In Acts 8:39 it has addition αγιον επεπεσεν επι τον ευνουχον, αγγελος δε (''holy fell on on eunuch, and an angel''). This reading is supported by the manuscripts [[Codex Alexandrinus]], [[Minuscule 323|323]], 453, 945, [[Minuscule 1739|1739]], 1891, [[Minuscule 2818|2818]] and several other.<sup>[5]</sup>

== History ==

The manuscript once belonged to John Drakos in 1654. [[John Covel]] (1637-1722), British chaplain in Constantinople, purchased it in [[Adrianopol]] in 1675 (together with codex [[Minuscule 321|321]]).<sup>[3]</sup> 

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

The manuscript is currently housed at the [[British Library]] ([[Harleian Collection|Harley]] 5620) 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. 
*   4. [[Kurt Aland|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. 
*   5. Nestle-Aland, Nobum Testamentum Graece, 26th edition, p. 345; [[Bruce Metzger|Bruce M. Metzger]], A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2001), p. 316.



== Further reading ==

* W. J. Elliott, ''The Relationship between 322 and 323 of the Greek New Testament'', NTS 14 (1968), pp. 271-281.
* 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. 116, 460.

== External links ==

* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=4962&CollID=8&NStart=5620 Herleian 5620] at the British LIbrary
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_322 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 322]

==Other Minusules==

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