Minuscule 650 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 399 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Scrivener labelled it by 726e.[3]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Turkish Historical Society |
| Size | 17.5 cm by 13 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Description edit
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 219 parchment leaves (size 17.5 cm by 13 cm), with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-10:1; Luke 23:56; John 1:1-18). The text is written in one column per page, 18-24 lines per page.[2]
It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια before each of the Gospels, the Ammonian Sections, (not the Eusebian Canons), lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion and Menologion), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and numbers of στιχοι.[3][4]
Text edit
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[5] Wisse did not examine its text by using his Profile Method.[6]
History edit
F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[7]
Formerly the manuscript was held in Constantinople (Hellenikou Philologikou Sullogou 5). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]
The manuscript currently is housed at the Turkish Historical Society (5), at Ankara.[2][7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 71.
- ^ a b c K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 85.
- ^ a b Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 268.
- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 209.
- ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 64. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ a b Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
Further reading edit
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 209.