Minuscule 692 Explained

Minuscule 692 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε1284 (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 lacunose.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it by 596e.[5]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark, and Gospel of Luke on 237 parchment leaves (size),[3] with lacuna (Luke 2:7-21). The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.[3] [6]

It contains 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 left margin, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles), Ammonian Sections (241 sections, the last section in 16:20), a references to the Eusebian Canons (in blue), and illuminated headings to the Gospels.[5] [6]

According to Scrivener it is "exquisitely written", with great resemble to Minuscule 71 in text.[5] Edward A. Guy recognised this resemblance as the first.[6]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[7]

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual cluster M27.[8]

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century, 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 from Spyridion Lambros from Athens in 1859, along with 22 other manuscripts of the New Testament (codices: 269, 270, 271, 272, 688, 689, 690, 691, 693, etc.).[6]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (596) and Gregory (692).[5]

It was examined by S. T. Bloomfield and Dean Burgon. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[6]

The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 22740) in London.[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 . 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 . 260 .
  6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 213 .
  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 .