Minuscule 302 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 302 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 11a and 140p.[3]

Minuscule 302
New Testament manuscript
TextActs, Cath., Paul
Date11th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBibliothèque nationale de France
Size21.5 cm by 17 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 333 parchment leaves (21.5 cm by 17 cm) with lacunae (Acts 2:20-31; 1 Corinthians 12:17-13:2; Hebrews 11:35-13:25). The text is written in one column per page, in 18 lines per page.[2]

It contains Prolegomena, with scholia. The Hebrews is placed between 2 Thessalonians and 1 Timothy.[4] The text of Hebrews 11:35-12:1 was supplied by a later hand.[4]

Text edit

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

History edit

Wettstein slightly examined Acts of the Apostles and Catholic epistles of the manuscript. Reiche and Scholz examined Pauline epistles. The manuscript was also examined by Paulin Martin[6] and C. R. Gregory, who saw the manuscript in 1885.[4]

Formerly it was labelled by 11a and 140p.[4] In 1908 Gregory gave number 302 for it.[1]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 103) at Paris.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 58.
  2. ^ a b c Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 65. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. ^ 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. 285.
  4. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 264.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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.
  6. ^ Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris (Paris 1883), p. 79

Further reading edit

  • Reiche, Codices Manuscripti Novi Testamenti, Göttingen 1847, pp. 30–35