Minuscule 385
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New Testament manuscript |
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The first page of the Book of Acts; decorated initial 'T'
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| Text | New Testament (except Gospels) † |
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| Date | 1407 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 21.8 cm by 14.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Minuscule 385 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 506 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Dated by a colophon to the year 1407 (May). The manuscript has no complex context. Formerly it was designated by 60a, 63p, and 29r.
The codex contains the text of the Acts, Pauline epistles, Catholic epistles, and Book of Revelation on 267 paper leaves (21.8 cm by 14.5 cm) with some lacunae (James 1:1-11; Rev 22:2-18.20.21). The text is written in one column per page, in 26 lines per page. The initials and titles in red.
It contains Prolegomena to the Pauline epistles, prolegomena to the Catholic epistles, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of stichoi.
It contains non-biblical matter De proditione Judae homilia of John Chrysostom (folios 225-237v).
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. In Book of Acts some the Western readings.
In Acts 8:39 instead of πνεῦμα κυρίου (spirit of the Lord) it has unusual textual variant πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐπέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸν εὐνοῦχον, ἄγγελος δέ κυρίου ἥρπασεν τὸν Φίλιππον (the Holy Spirit fell on the eunuch, and an angel of the Lord caught up Philip) supported by Codex Alexandrinus and several minuscule manuscripts: 94, 103, 307, 322, 323, 453, 467, 945, 1739, 1765, 1891, 2298, 36a, itp, vg, syrh.
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