Minuscule 689 Explained

Minuscule 689 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε326 (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 593e.[5]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 313 parchment leaves (size),[3] in 20 quires.[5] The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[3] [6]

It contains Synaxarion, Prolegomena, the tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (contents) are placed before each Gospel, numbers of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters) are given at the margin, there are no Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles), lectionary markings, incipits, Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions, numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι, and decorations.[5] [6] There are no division according to the Ammonian Sections, with a references to the Eusebian Canons.

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 textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates textual cluster with 1059.[8]

History

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

The manuscript was bought from Spyridion Lambros from Athens in 1859 (along with the codex 688 and 690).[5]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (593) and Gregory (689).[5]

It was examined by Bloomfied and Dean Burgon.[6]

The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 22737) in London.[3] [4]

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Further reading

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 . 88 . 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 . 259 .
  6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 212 .
  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 . 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  8. 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 .