Minuscule 356

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Minuscule 356 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 255 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century.^[1] Formerly it was labelled by 53^a and 30^p.^[2]

Contents 1 Description 2 Text 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Description

The codex contains the text of the 2 Peter 2:4-3:18; 1 John 1:1-3:20 and Pauline epistles on 145 parchment leaves (9.2 x 7.8 cm) with some lacunae (1 Cor 11:7-15:56; Heb 11:27-13:25). Written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page,^[1] in very small and beautiful minuscule letters.^[2]

It contains Oecumenius' Prologue to the Romans, lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, and some marginal notes primâ manu. Text after 1 Timothy 6:5 was written by other hand, and far less careful. The manuscript exhibits throughout many abbreviations.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[4]

History

The manuscript was given to the College in Testimonium grati animi by Samuel G. Wright, a member of the College, in 1598.^[3] Ιt was examined by John Mill, Wettstein, Fenton Hort, and Gregory.^[2]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Emmanuel College (I. 4. 35) in Cambridge.^[1]

See also

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

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. 68. ISBN 3110119862.
• 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 268.
• 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 188.
• 4. 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. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

Further reading

• F. H. A. Scrivener, An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis (Cambridge and London, 1859), pp. 66-68. (as n)

External links

• Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 356