Minuscule 383 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 353 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Formerly it was labelled by 58^a and 224^p.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

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, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 181 parchment leaves () with lacunae (Hebrews 13:7-25). The text is written in one column per page, in 24-28 lines per page. Folio 182, bound with the codex, contains the text of lectionary

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Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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in Acts of the Apostles. In rest of books it represents the Alexandrian text-type. Kurt Aland did not place it in any

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History

The manuscript was examined by

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, Gaisford, Scholz, and Pott. Codex 58^a of Wettstein is the same as 22^a. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). Formerly it was labelled by 58^a and 224^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 383 to it. The manuscript is currently housed at the Bodleian Library in

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(MS. E. D. Clarke 9, fols. 1-181).

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Minuscule 383
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0383 Greek New Testament minuscules 13th-century biblical manuscripts

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