Minuscule 673 Explained

Minuscule 673 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1391 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript is very lacunose.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it by 619e.[5]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 164 parchment leaves (size),[3] with numerous lacunae (Matthew 1:1-10:42; 13:3-16; 27:24-37; Mark 14:21–Luke 3:16; 4:35-5:23; 7:4-15; Gospel of John).[1] The text is written in one column per page, 19 lines per page.[3] [6]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), which numerals are given at the margin. The tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια are placed before every Gospel. There is no the Ammonian Sections, a references to the Eusebian Canons, or the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles).[5] It contains a lectionary markings, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions, and Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι.[6]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[7]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents family Kr in Luke 10; in Luke 1 and Luke 20 the manuscript is defective.[8]

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated it to the 12th or 13th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[4]

The manuscript was bought in 1874.[6] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener and Gregory. Gregory saw it in 1883.[6] It was examined by Hort and Henry Brandshaw.[5]

Actually the manuscript is housed at the Cambridge University Library (Add. Mss. 1837) in Cambridge.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. [Hermann von Soden]
  2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 72.
  3. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 87 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  4. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste
  5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . fourth . London . 263 .
  6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 211 .
  7. 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 . 133, 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  8. Frederik Wisse, The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke, William B. Eerdmans Publishing (Grand Rapids, 1982), p. 64.