Date 13th century Now at British Library Type Byzantine text-type | Script Greek Size 25.4 cm by 17 cm | |
Text Acts, Catholic epistles, Paul | ||
Minuscule 384 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 355 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Formerly it was labeled by 59a and 62p. It has some marginalia.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 132 cotton paper leaves (25.4 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in one column per page, in 36 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.
It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin (for Church reading), incipits, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of stichoi.
The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. It contains also Martyrium Pauli.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
History
There is inscription on the first leaf: "liber hospitalis de Cusa trevirensis dioc. R".
The manuscript was examined by Griesbach (in Acts 11-13, 1 Peter, Romans, Ephesians, 1 Corinthians 1-7) and Bloomfield. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).
Formerly it was labeled by 59a and 62p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 384 to it.
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Harley 5588) in London.