Minuscule 632 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 201 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th or 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Formerly it was labeled by 166a, 204p, and 22r.[3]
The codex contains the text of the New Testament except the four Gospels, on 258 parchment leaves (size), with lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 25-26 lines per page.[2]
It contains Prolegomena, numbers of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: μαρτυριαι, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι.[3] [4]
The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed before First Epistle to Timothy.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th or 14th century.[6]
Some parts of the manuscript were written in different time by different scribes. The leaves 1-103 with text of Acts-Jude 24 were written in the 12th century; the leaves 104-191 with the text of Jude 24 - Colossians were written in the 13th century; the leaves 192-228 with the text 1 Thessalonians-Philemon were written in the 12th century; the leaves 229-254 with the text of the Apocalypse and scholia were written in the 14th century.[4]
The leaf with the text of the Acts 1:1-13 was written in the 16th century.[4]
The manuscript was examined and described by Giuseppe Bianchini.[7] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who slightly examined the manuscript.[8] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4] Herman C. Hoskier collated the text of the Apocalypse.[9]
Formerly it was labeled by 166a, 204p, and 22r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 632 to it.[1]
The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana (B. 86), at Rome.[2] [6]