Minuscule 662

Minuscule 662
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atNational Gallery of Victoria
Size24.5 cm by 17.2 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Minuscule 662 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 298 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2][3] Scrivener labelled it by 632e.[4]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 254 parchment leaves (size 24.5 cm by 17.2 cm),[2] with only one lacuna (Luke 24:48-52).[5] The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page,[2] in very small letters.[5]

It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, lists of the κεφαλαια (only to Mark), numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, the τιτλοι (titles) at the top, Ammonian Sections (Mark 241 - 16:20), Eusebian Canons (in gold) in the same line, and pictures.[4][5] It is superbly illuminated.[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[6]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual cluster Cl 121.[7]

The Lection of Saint Pelagia (John 8:3-11) is obelized.[5]

History

F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[4][5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[3]

The manuscript once belonged to Hamilton. It was bought by Butler in 1889.[5]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. Gregory saw it in 1887.[5]

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Gallery of Victoria (Ms. 710/5), in Melbourne.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 71.
  2. ^ a b c d K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 86.
  3. ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
  4. ^ a b c d 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. 264.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 210.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 64. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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