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]
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]
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]
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]