Minuscule 327 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O³⁶ ( 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 37^a and 43^p.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

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, and

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on 298 parchment leaves () with lacunae (Hebrews 13:21-25). The text is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page. The order of books: Acts, James, Jude, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Pauline epistles. It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each sacred book, the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages, and marginal notes. The text of Hebrews 13:21-25 was supplied by a later hand.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland assigned it to the Category V.

History

The manuscript was used by

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in his

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, and by

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in his Novum Testamentum (as N. 2).

erroneously described it, and after him by

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, as a part of the codex 58, which is a much later manuscript. It was examined by Dobbin.

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saw it in 1883. Formerly it was labelled by 37^a and 43^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 327 to it. The manuscript is currently housed at the New College (59) at

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