Minuscule 385 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 506 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on paper. Dated by a colophon to the year 1407 (May). The manuscript has no complex context. Formerly it was designated by 60^a, 63^p, and 29^r.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

Acts The Acts of the Apostles (, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; ) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire. Acts and the Gospel of Luke make up a two-par ...

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, and

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on 267 paper leaves () 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

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(folios 225-237v).Harley 5613
at the British Library

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V. In Book of Acts some the

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readings. In Acts 8:39 instead of πνεῦμα κυρίου (''spirit of the Lord'') it has unusual textual variant (''the Holy Spirit fell on the eunuch, and an angel of the Lord caught up Philip'') supported by

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and several minuscule manuscripts: 94,

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323 Year 323 ( CCCXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 1076 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 323 for this ...

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, 945,

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, 1765, 1891, 2298, 36^a, it^p, vg, syr^h.

History

The manuscript was written by Georgios Baiophoros, a scribe, in 1407. It was bound later with

Uncial 0121a Uncial 0121a (in the Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland, Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1031 (Biblical manuscript#Von Soden, Soden), is a Greek language, Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated Palaeography, paleographically to the 10th-c ...

; the first folio from 0121a was folded in half and used as flyleaves at the front and end of minuscule 385. The manuscript was examined by Griesbach (Acts 1-8, 1 Peter, 1 John 5, Romans, 1 Cor, 2 Cor 3, Ephesians, Rev) and

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saw it in 1883. The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by

(1794-1852). Formerly it was designated by 60^a, 63^p, and 29^r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 385 to it. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(Harley MS 5613).

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Harley 5613
at the British Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0385 Greek New Testament minuscules 15th-century biblical manuscripts Harleian Collection

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