Minuscule 649 Explained

Minuscule 649 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^{ε 408} (von Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1305 (?). The manuscript is lacunose.^[2] Scrivener labelled it by 725^e.^[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 296 paper leaves (size), with some lacunae supplemented by a later hand. The text is written in two columns per page, 25-48 lines per page.^[2]

It contains the commentary, much of it by a later hand.^{[3] [4]}

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.^[5] Wisse did not examine its text by using his Profile Method.^[6]

History

The colophon partially is illegible. Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 1303. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 1305 (?).^[7] The name of scribe was George.^[4]

Formerly the manuscript was held in Constantinople (Hellenikou Philologikou Sullogou 1). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.^[4]

The manuscript currently is housed at the Turkish Historical Society (1), at Ankara.^{[2] [7]}

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Minuscule 650

Further reading

• Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 209 .

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. 85.
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 268 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 209 .
5. 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.
6. 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 . 64 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
7. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste