Minuscule 675 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 446 (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 survived in a fragmentary condition.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it by 621e.[5]

Minuscule 675
New Testament manuscript
TextGospel of Matthew
Date13th century
ScriptGreek
Now atCambridge University Library
Size20.5 cm by 13.7 cm
Type?
Categorynone

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 26:20-39, on 2 parchment leaves (size 20.5 cm by 13.7 cm),[3] The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.[3][6]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numerals are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, but no a references to the Eusebian Canons.[5]

It contains a lectionary markings at the margin and Prolegomena to the Gospel of Mark.[5]

Text edit

Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.[7]

History edit

Scrivener and 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 belonged to Tischendorf (along with Minuscule 674). It was bought after his death, in 1876.[6] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener and Gregory. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[6] It was examined by Hort and Brandshaw.[5]

Actually the manuscript is housed at the Cambridge University Library (Add. Mss. 1879.24) in Cambridge.[3][4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 195.
  2. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 72.
  3. ^ a b c d Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 87. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  4. ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
  5. ^ a b c d Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (fourth ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 263.
  6. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 211.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ 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. pp. 133, 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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