Minuscule 648 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 482 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Scrivener labelled it by 724e.[3]

Minuscule 648
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date14th century
ScriptGreek
Now atNational Library of Greece
Size25 cm by 18 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Description

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The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 227 parchment leaves (size 25 cm by 18 cm), with some lacunae at the end of Mark, beginning and end of Luke, many places in John. It is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.[2] It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (chapters), lectionary markings, incipits, and subscriptions.[3][4]

Text

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[5] It was not examined by using Claremont Profile Method.[6]

History

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Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century. The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[7]

Formerly the manuscript was held in Constantinople (Hagia Taphu 574). 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 National Library of Greece (Taphu 282), at Athens.[2][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 70.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 209.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute

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