Minuscule 322 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 550 ( Soden), is a

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, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. Formerly it was labelled by 27^a and 33^p.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 134 paper leaves (). The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page. There are no chapter divisions made by ''prima manu'', the writing is small, and abbreviated. It has decorated headpieces and initial letters.Harley MS 5620
at the British Library

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland assigned it to Category II in Catholic epistles, and to Category III elsewhere. Textually it is very close to the codex 323 (sister manuscript). In Acts 8:39 it has addition αγιον επεπεσεν επι τον ευνουχον, αγγελος δε (''holy fell on the eunuch, and an angel''). This reading is supported by the manuscripts

Codex Alexandrinus The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manu ...

, 323, 453, 945,

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, 1891, 2818 and several others.

History

The manuscript belonged to John Drakos in 1654. John Covel (1637-1722), British chaplain in Constantinople, purchased it in Adrianopol in 1675 (together with codex 321). It later belonged to Robert Harley. In 1753 it was purchased with all of his collection by the

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. Formerly it was labelled by 27^a and 33^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 322 to it. It was examined by

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, Griesbach,J. J. Griesbach, ''Symbolae critique'', pp. 151-153, 184. and Bloomfeld. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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( Harley MS 5620).

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Harleian 5620
at the British Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0322 Greek New Testament minuscules 15th-century biblical manuscripts Harleian Collection

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