Minuscule 331

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| form = Minuscule | number = 331 | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Gospels | script = Greek | date = 11th century | found = | now at = Bibliothèque Nationale de France | cite = | size = | type = Byzantine text-type | cat = V | hand = | note = marginalia

Minuscule 331 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1085 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = K. | author-link = Kurt Aland |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 66 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }} According to Gregory the 10th century is also possible. It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 275 parchment leaves () with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page.

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 235 Sections, last in 16:12), with references to the Eusebian Canons.

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, Prolegomena, lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use).{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | publisher = Hinrichs | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 180 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n193/mode/2up

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 138 | url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt | url-access = limited | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual cluster 585 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20 (weak member in Luke 10 and Luke 20).{{Cite book | last = Wisse | first = Frederik | title = The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1982 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 59 | url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/59 | isbn = 0-8028-1918-4 | url-access = registration

In John 8:8 the codex has the textual addition: ενος εκαστου αυτων τας αμαρτιας (sins of every one of them). This textual variant appears in Codex Nanianus, 73, 364, 413, 700, 782, 1592 and some Armenian manuscripts. 652 has this variant on the margin added by a later hand. Minuscule 264 has this textual variant in John 8:6.

History

The manuscript once belonged to Hector D'Ailli's, Bishop of Toulle. In 1530 it was presented to the Tuller's Library. Bernard de Montfaucon described the manuscript as the first. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4 | volume = 1 | page = 225 It was examined by Paulin Martin, who gave a new description of the codex. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.

The manuscript became a part of the Fonds Coislin (Gr. 197).{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | volume = 1 | page = 230

References

References

  1. Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
  2. NA26, p. 274; UBS3, p. 357.
  3. [[Paulin Martin. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]], ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs relatifs au Nouveau Testament, conservés dans les bibliothèques de Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 87
  4. "Liste Handschriften". Institute for New Testament Textual Research.

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