Minuscule 337
New Testament manuscript
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Minuscule 337 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 205 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] Formerly it was labelled by 51a, 133p, and 52r.[3] It has marginalia.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | New Testament (except Gospels) |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 25.3 cm by 16.3 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | marginalia |
Description
The codex contains the text of the New Testament (except Gospels) on 375 parchment leaves (25.3 cm by 16.3 cm) with lacunae (Acts 5:5-26; 7:56-8:8; 9:37-10:4; Rev. 10:4-11:1; 22:17-21). The text is written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin.[4]
It contains Prolegomena to the Catholic and Pauline epistles, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and subscriptions in the Pauline epistles (at the end of each epistle).[4]
At the end of the Epistle to the Romans it has subscription: εγραφη η προς Ρωμαιους επιστολη δια Τερτιου επεμφτη δε δια Φοιβης απο Κορινθιων.[5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
History
The manuscript once belonged to Mazarin.[3] It was and described examined by Scholz and Paulin Martin.[7] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[4] Scholz collated it entirely.[8]
The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[8]
Formerly it was labelled by 51a, 133p, and 52r.[4] Gregory in 1908 gave the number 337 to it.[1]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 56) in Paris.[2]