Minuscule 628 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 400 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek–Latin diglot minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Formerly it was labeled by 161a, 198p, and 69r.[3]
The codex contains the text of the New Testament except the four Gospels, on 216 paper leaves (size), with lacunae at the beginning and end (Acts 1:1-2:27; Revelation 18:22-22:21). It is written in two columns per page, 30-32 lines per page.[2] Text Greek and Latin in parallel columns. It contains Prolegomena, and subscriptions at the end of each book.[4] [3]
The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century,[3] Gregory and Aland to the 14th century.[4] [2] Actually it is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[6]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who slightly examined the whole manuscript.[7]
It was examined and described by Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi.[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4] Herman C. Hoskier collated the text of the Apocalypse.[9]
Formerly it was labeled by 161a, 198p, and 69r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 628 to it.[1]
It was examined and described by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini.[10]
The manuscript currently is housed at the Vatican Library (Ottobonianus gr. 258), at Rome.[2] [6]
. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 70.
. Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 . . 1894 . London . 4 . 295 .
. Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J. C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 277 .
. 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 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
. Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi . Codices manuscripti graeci ottoboniani Bibliothecae Vaticanae descripti praeside Alphonso cardinali Capecelatro archiepiscopo Capuano . Ex Typographeo Vaticano . 1893 . London . 145 .