Minuscule 384 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 355 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Formerly it was labeled by 59^a and 62^p. It has some

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Description

The codex contains the text of the

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, and

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on 132 cotton paper leaves (). The text is written in one column per page, in 36 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin. It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin (for Church reading), incipits, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of stichoi. The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. It contains also ''Martyrium Pauli''.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V.

History

There is inscription on the first leaf: "liber hospitalis de Cusa trevirensis dioc. R". The manuscript was examined by Griesbach (in Acts 11-13, 1 Peter, Romans, Ephesians, 1 Corinthians 1-7) and Bloomfield.

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saw it in 1883. The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). Formerly it was labeled by 59^a and 62^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 384 to it. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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( Harley MS 5588).

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