Minuscule 637

Minuscule 637
New Testament manuscript
TextActs, Catholic epistles, Paul
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atUniversity of Messina
Size29.5 cm by 22.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Minuscule 637 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 262 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically to the 12th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Formerly it was labeled by 175a and 216p.[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, on 242 parchment leaves (size 29.5 cm by 22.5 cm). It is written in two columns per page, 25 lines per page.[2] It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια, list of μαρτυριαι, μαρτυριαι, lectionary markings, Menologion, subscriptions, and numbers of στιχοι at the margin.[3][4]

The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[5]

History

The manuscript has been dated by INTF to the 12th century.[6] It was written in Calabria.[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz.[7] It was examined by Andrew Birch.[8] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]

Formerly it was labeled by 175a and 216p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 637 to it.[1]

The manuscript currently is housed at the library of University of Messina (104), at Messina.[2][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 70.
  2. ^ a b c K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 84.
  3. ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 296.
  4. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. pp. 278–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. ^ a b Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
  7. ^ Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments (Leipzig, 1823)
  8. ^ Andreas Birch, Variae Lectiones ad Textum Evv..., Kopenhagen 1801, p. XCIV f.

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