Minuscule 683 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 357 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it by 1145e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 206 parchment leaves (size).[1] [3] The text is written in one column per page, 28 lines per page.[3] [6]
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), numbers of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια at the margin, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top, the Ammonian Sections, without a references to the Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, incipits, Synaxarion, and Menologion.[5] [6]
The Greek text of the codex Kurt Aland did not place in any Category.[7]
According to the Wisse's Profile Method it has mixed text in Luke and is significantly diverge form Kx in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 it represents Kx.[8]
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century.[6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[4]
It was previously in the private collation of the Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall, before it was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1956.[6]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (1145) and Gregory (683).[5]
The manuscript is now housed at the Bodleian Library (Holkham Gr. 4) in Oxford.[3] [4]