Minuscule 627 Explained

Minuscule 627 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 53 (von Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is lacunose.^[2] Tischendorf labelled it by 160^a, 193^p, and 24^r.^[3] It has unusual order of books: the Book of Revelation is placed between Book of Acts and the Catholic epistles.

Description

The codex contains the text of the New Testament except the four Gospels, on 187 parchment leaves (size), with lacunae at the beginning and end (Acts 1:1-28:19; Hebrews 3:12-13:25). The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.^[2]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages.

It contains subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι, and scholia.^{[3] [4]}

The order of books is unusual: Acts of the Apostles, Book of Revelation, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles. The Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after the Epistle to Philemon.^[4] Minuscule 175 has the same sequence of the New Testament books, but it has the Gospels at the beginning of the codex.^[5]

Text

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

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th century;^[3] Gregory,^[4] Aland^[2] and the INTF to the 10th century.^[7]

Formerly it was known as Basilian 101. The manuscript was examined and described by Giuseppe Bianchini.^[8] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who slightly examined the whole manuscript.^[9] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.^[4]

Formerly it was labelled by 160^a, 193^p, and 24^r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 627 to it.^[1] Herman C. Hoskier collated the text of the Apocalypse.^[10]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 2062), at Rome.^{[2] [7]}

See also

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

Further reading

• Giuseppe Bianchini, Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae seu veteris italicae (Rome, 1749)
• Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 51–52. (for r)

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 70.
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. 84.
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 295 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 277 .
5. [Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]
6. Book: Aland , Kurt . 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 . 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
7. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste
8. G. Bianchini, Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae seu veteris italicae (Rome, 1749), p. 522 f
9. J.M.A. 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)
10. Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 51-52