Minuscule 321
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Minuscule 321 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 254 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.[1]
Formerly it was designated by 26a and 32p.[2]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 293 parchment leaves (18 cm by 15 cm) with lacunae (Acts 1:1-11; Heb 11:34-12:6). Written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[1] Decoration in colours and gold. It contains Prolegomena, tables of κεφαλαια, lectionary markings, Synaxarion (later hand), subscriptions, and stichoi.[2]
On the folio 294 it contains fragments from a 14th-century manuscripts of the 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 322).[3]
It was examined by Mill and Bloomfeld.[2]
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Harley 5557) at London.[1]
See also
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. 66. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 265.
- 3. 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
- Harley 5557 at the British Library
- Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 321
