Minuscule 327 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O36 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 37a and 43p.[3]

Minuscule 327
New Testament manuscript
TextActs, Cath., Paul
Date13th century
ScriptGreek
Now atNew College, Oxford
Size24 cm by 17.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the Acts, Catholic epistles, and Paul on 298 parchment leaves (24 cm by 17.5 cm) with lacunae (Hebrews 13:21-25). The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page.[2] The order of books: Acts, James, Jude, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Pauline epistles.[4]

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each sacred book, the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages, and marginal notes.[4] The text of Hebrews 13:21-25 was supplied by a later hand.[3]

Text edit

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland assigned it to the Category V.[5]

History edit

The manuscript was used by Walton in his Polyglot, and by Mill in his Novum Testamentum (as N. 2). Walton erroneously described it, and after him by Wettstein, as a part of the codex 58, which is a much later manuscript.[3] It was examined by Dobbin.[3] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]

Formerly it was labelled by 37a and 43p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 327 to it.[1]

The manuscript is currently housed at the New College (59) at Oxford.[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 60.
  2. ^ a b c Aland, Kurt; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 66. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. ^ a b c d Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 287.
  4. ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 266.
  5. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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