Minuscule 398

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Minuscule 398 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 398 (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 Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 251 parchment leaves (17.7 cm by 12.2 cm) with lacunae (Acts 3:6-17; 1 Timothy 4:12-2 Timothy 4:3; Heb 7:20-11:10; 11:23-13:25). Written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page.[1][2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type with exception for the Catholic epistles. Aland placed it in Category V (except Catholic epistles).[3] The text of Catholic epistles Aland assigned to the Category III.

History

The manuscript once belonged to Fraeois Vatablus, friend of Robert Estienne and profesor of Hebrew in Paris. The manuscript probably was used in Editio Regia as ιγ'.[2][4]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Cambridge University Library (Kk. 6.4) in Rome.[1]

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