New Testament manuscript |
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Text | Acts, Paul † |
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Date | 10th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Lincoln College, Oxford |
Size | 20 cm by 15.5 cm |
Type | Alexandrian/mixed |
Category | III |
Note | Marginalia |
Minuscule 326 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 257 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. Formerly it was labelled by 33a and 39p (Scrivener, Gregory). It was prepared for liturgical use.
The codex contains the text of the Acts, Paul on 206 parchment leaves (20 cm by 15.5 cm) with some lacunae (2 Peter 1:1-16; Romans 1:1-19). The text is written in two columns per page, in 27 lines per page.
It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings on a margin, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of stichoi, and pictures.
The order of books: Acts, General epistles (James, Jude, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John), Pauline epistles. The order of General epistles is the same as in Minuscule 61.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, with some alien readings. Aland assigned it to the Category III.
In Acts 1:10.11 the manuscript omits phrase εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν together with the manuscripts Codex Bezae, 33c, and 242.
In Acts 16:10 it reads θεος along with P74, Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Vaticanus, Ephraemi, E, 044, 33, 81, 181, 630, 945, 1739, ar, e, l, vg, copbo, geo; other reading κυριος, is supported by D, P, 049, 056, 0142, 88, 104, 330, 436, 451, 614, 629, 1241, 1505, 1877, 2127, 2412, 2492, 2495, Byz, c, d, gig, syrp,h, copsa.