Minuscule 691 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε1387 (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 595e.[5]
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 275 parchment leaves (size).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.[3] [6]
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, Argumentum, 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 left margin, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles), Ammonian Sections (237 sections, the last section in 16:15), lectionary markings, incipits, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions, and "rough pictures" and illuminations.[5] There are no references to the Eusebian Canons.[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 textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It is partly illegible in Luke 1.[8]
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century, Gregory dated it to the 13th or 14th 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 22 other manuscripts of the New Testament (codices: 688, 689, 690, 692, 693, etc.).[6]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (595) and Gregory (691).[5]
It was examined by Samuel Thomas Bloomfield and Dean Burgon.[6]
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 22739) in London.[3] [4]