Minuscule 344
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Minuscule 344 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1007 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 10th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 327 parchment leaves (16.4 cm by 12.1 cm) with lacunae (Luke 13:21-16:23; 21:12-27; 22:12-23; 23:45-John 21:12). Written in one column per page, in 19 lines per page.[1] It contains Epistula ad Carpianum (added later), κεφαλαια, tables of κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, and subscriptions.[2]
The lacking texts were supplemented in the 16th century on paper.[2] It does not contain Matthew 16:2b-3 and John 21:25.[2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[3]
History
The manuscript was examined by Scholz and Burgon. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[4]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (G. 16 sup.) in Milan.[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. 67. ISBN 3110119862.
- 2. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 181.
- 3. 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.
- 4. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1. London. p. 225.
Further reading
- J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise (Leipzig, 1822), p. 70-73.