Minuscule 314

Minuscule 314 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O¹¹ (Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.^[2] Formerly it was labelled by 23^a, 28^p, and ^6r.^[3]

Minuscule 314

New Testament manuscript
Folios 47 verso – 48 recto
Text	Acts, Paul, Rev. †
Date	11th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bodleian Library
Size	13 cm by 10 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V
Hand	beautifully written

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation on 299 parchment leaves (13 cm by 10 cm) with numerous lacunae.^[2] The text is written in one column per page, biblical text in 22 lines per page, text of commentary in 57-66 lines per page.^[4] According to Scrivener it is "a beautiful little book".^[3]

Lacunae

Acts 1:1-3:10; 3:10-11:13; 14:9-26; 17:6-19; 20:28-24:12 1 Peter 2:2-16; 3:7-21; 2 Corinthians 9:14-11:9; Gal 1:1-18; Ephesians 6:1-19; Philippians 4:7-23; Rev 1:10-17; 9:11-17; 17:10-18:8; 20:1-22:21.^[4]

Acts 1:1-3:10 was supplied in the 14th century.^[4] It contains lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each sacred book, Euthalian Apparatus, Prolegomena, and scholia on the Epistles.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5]

History

The manuscript was written in Ephesus.^[3] It was examined by Richard Bentley (χ'), John Mill (Baroc.), Caspar, Johann Jakob Wettstein, Johann Jakob Griesbach (only 1 Cor. 15),^[6] and Bloomfield.^[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.^[4] Formerly it was labelled by 23^a, 28^p, and ^6r. In 1908 Gregory gave number 314 for it.^[1]

A full Commentary on the Apocalypse, was edited by J. A. Cramer in 1840.^[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bodleian Library (MS. Barocci 3) at Oxford.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism