- Minuscule 2344
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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 2344 Text Acts, CE, Paul, Rev Date 11th century Script Greek Now at Bibliothèque nationale de France Size 36.9 by 28 cm Type Alexandrian / mixed Category I/III Note unique textual variants Minuscule 2344 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament.[1]
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts, CE, Paul, Rev, on 61 parchment leaves (36.9 by 28 cm). Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century, with some lacunae.[1]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type in the Catholic epistles and in the Book of Revelation. In the Book of Revelation it agrees frequently with Minuscule 2053. It contains also parts of Old Testament.[2] Aland placed it in Category I. The text of the Acts and Pauline epistles Aland placed in Category III.[3]
In Revelation textual value of the codex is comparable with codices Alexandrinus and Ephraemi.[1]
History
In Revelation 13:18 it contains unique textual variant "its number is six hundred sixty-five".
The text was collated by J. Schmid. New collation gave M. Davies.
It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Coislin Gr. 18, fol. 170-230) at Paris.[1]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules (2001–)
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
References
- ^ a b c d K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 182.
- ^ Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", Oxford University Press (New York - Oxford, 2005), p. 92.
- ^ 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. 137. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
- J. Schmid, "Unbeachtete Apokalypse-Handschriften", Th Q 120 (Tübingen, 1939), pp. 154-187.
- M. Davies, The Text of the Pauline Epistles in Manuscript 2344 and its Relationship to the Text of other Known Manuscripts in Particular to 330, 436 and 462, S & D XXXVIII (Salt Lake City, 1968).
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 11th-century biblical manuscripts
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