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Minuscule 370 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε41 ( Soden), is a
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of the
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, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has no complex context. It contains
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Description

The codex contains the text of the four
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s on 437 paper leaves () with lacunae (Matthew 1:1-17; John 16:29-21:25). The text is written in one column per page, in 34 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, (no references to the
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). It contains Argumentum, lectionary markings at the margin, a Commentary of Theophylact.
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did not place the Greek text of the codex in any
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. It was not examined by using the
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History

The manuscript was described by
Giovanni Lami Giovanni Lami (8 November 1697 – 6 February 1770) was an Italian jurist, church historian, and antiquarian. Early years and education He was born at Santa Croce sull'Arno (between Pisa and Florence) into a relatively affluent family; his pate ...
in 1738 (like codices
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, 362). It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). It was examined by Burgon.
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saw it in 1886. The manuscript is currently housed at the
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(5) in
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See also

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List of New Testament minuscules The list of New_Testament_minuscule, New Testament Minuscules ordered by Gregory–Aland index number is divided into three sections: * List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000) * List of New Testament minuscules (1001–2000) * List of New Test ...
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Textual criticism Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books. Such texts may rang ...


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Further reading

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Giovanni Lami Giovanni Lami (8 November 1697 – 6 February 1770) was an Italian jurist, church historian, and antiquarian. Early years and education He was born at Santa Croce sull'Arno (between Pisa and Florence) into a relatively affluent family; his pate ...

''De eruditione Apostolorum''
(Florence 1738), p. 232. {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0370 Greek New Testament minuscules 14th-century biblical manuscripts