Minuscule 38

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Minuscule 38 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 355 (Von Soden). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on vellum. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.^[1] Formerly it was labelled by 38^e, 19^a, 377^p.^[2]

Contents 1 Description 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External Link

Description

The codex contains text of the four Gospels, Acts and epistles on 300 parchment leaves, with some lacunae (Matt. 14:15-15:30; 20:14-21:37; Mark 12:3-13:4). Written 1 column per page, 30 lines per page, size 17.5 cm by 14 cm.^[1] It contains κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 241), and pictures. It has not the Eusebian Canons. The Catholic epistles and Pauline epistles are divided according to Euthalian apparatus.^[3]

History

The manuscript was written on the order of Michael VIII Palaiologos (1260-1282), and was presented to the king of France Louis IX in 1269 or 1270.^[3] Wettstein rightly judged that it was used by Robert Estienne in his Editio Regia as θ'. The text of the manuscript was collated by Wettstein.^[2]

It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Coislin Gr. 200) at Paris.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscripts
• Textual criticism

References

• 1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 49.
• 2. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

(1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 196. 

• 3. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 137.

Further reading

• Berger de Xivrey, "Notice d'un ms grec du XIII^e siècle conservé à la bibliothèque impériale ..." 10 (Paris, 1863).

External Link

• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 38