Minuscule 322

Minuscule 322, α 550, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.
Formerly it was labelled by 27^a and 33^p.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 134 paper leaves. The text is written in one column per page, in 22 lines per page. There are no chapter divisions made by prima manu, the writing is small, and abbreviated.
It has decorated headpieces and initial letters.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland assigned it to Categories of [New Testament manuscripts#Category II|Category II] in Catholic epistles, and to Categories of New [Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III] elsewhere. Textually it is very close to the codex 323.
In Acts 8:39 it has addition αγιον επεπεσεν επι τον ευνουχον, αγγελος δε. This reading is supported by the manuscripts Codex Alexandrinus, 323, 453, 945, 1739, 1891, 2818 and several others.

History

The manuscript belonged to John Drakos in 1654. John Covel, British chaplain in Constantinople, purchased it in Adrianopol in 1675.
It later belonged to Harley, 1st [Earl of Oxford">Harleian Collection">Harley, 1st [Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer|Robert Harley]. In 1753 it was purchased with all of his collection by the British Museum.
Formerly it was labelled by 27^a and 33^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 322 to it.
It was examined by Mill (theologian)|Mill], Griesbach, and Bloomfeld. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library.