Minuscule 2612 Explained

Minuscule 2612 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 184 parchment leaves (19.5 cm by 14.5 cm).^[1] Dated paleographically to the 13th century.^[2]

Description

The codex contains text of the four Gospels. The text is written in one column per page, in 21-28 lines per page.^[2]

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, in the order: Mark, Luke, John, and Matthew.

Text

The Greek text of the codex, is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland did not place it in any Category.^[3] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family K^x in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 the manuscript is defective.^[4]

History

The codex now is located in the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of the Duke University (Gk MS 5) at Durham.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Textual criticism
• Biblical manuscript

External links

• Minuscule 2612 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts

Notes and References

1. Space of writing is 12.8 cm by 9.8 cm, but the Matthew portion is written on space of 13.7 cm x 9.5 cm.
2. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 199.
3. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland

   . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 140 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.

4. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 88 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .