Minuscule 621

New Testament manuscript
Minuscule 621
New Testament manuscript
TextActs, Catholic epistles, Paul †
Date11th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
Size22.5 cm by 16.5 cm
Typemixed
CategoryIII

Minuscule 621 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O 46 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek diglot minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Tischendorf labeled it by 154a and 187p.[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Epistle to the Romans, and 1 Corinthians 1:1-15:45 on 164 parchment leaves (size 22.5 cm by 16.5 cm) with large lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 36 lines per page.[2]

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, and lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use). It has a commentary.[4][3]

The order of books: Book of Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. On the list of the Pauline epistles the Hebrews is placed before First Epistle to Timothy.[4]

Text

Aland placed the Greek text of the codex in Category III.[5]

History

F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 15th century.[3] C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century.[4] Actually the INTF dated the manuscript much earlier, to the 11th century.[2]

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

Formerly it was labeled by 154a and 187p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 621 to it.[1]

The manuscript currently is housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1270), in Rome.[2]

See also

  • Bible portal

References

  1. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 69.
  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. 83.
  3. ^ a b c 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. 295.
  4. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 277.
  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.

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