Minuscule 372 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 600 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 16th century. It is almost without a marginal equipment.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four

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s on 199 parchment leaves () with one big lacunae (John 3:1-21:25). It is written in one column per page, in 30 lines per page. According to Scrivener it is ''beautifully written''. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin (in Latin).

Text

Hermann von Soden classified its to the I^a, which would make it "Western" or "Caesarean". Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any

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. According to the

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it represents mixed text in

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, Luke 10, and Luke 20. Wisse stated that its text is very strange.

History

Probably it was written in Italy, by Honoratus (?). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852). C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(Vat. gr. 1161) in

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External links

Minuscule 372
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0372 Greek New Testament minuscules 16th-century biblical manuscripts Manuscripts of the Vatican Library

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