Minuscule 612 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 297 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] The manuscript is lacunose. Formerly it was labeled by 134a and 167p.[3]

Minuscule 612
New Testament manuscript
TextActs of the Apostles, Pauline epistles
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atTurin National University Library
Size21 cm by 15.5 cm
Type?
Categorynone
Handclear large hand

Description

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The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 370 parchment leaves (size 21 cm by 15.5 cm), with lacunae (Acts 1:1-2:47). The lacking text was supplied by a later hand. The text is written in one column per page, 19 lines per page.[2] It contains Prolegomena.[4][3]

The order of books: Acts, Pauline epistles, and Catholic epistles. Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.[4]

Text

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The Greek text of the codex Aland did not place in any Category.[5]

History

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The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. It was examined by Pasinus. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]

The manuscript was destroyed by fire.[2]

The manuscript currently is housed at the Turin National University Library (B. V. 19; 33 folios in B. VI. 43), at Turin.[2]

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. 69.
  2. ^ a b c d K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 83.
  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. 294.
  4. ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 276.
  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. pp. 133, 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

Further reading

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  • W. Reader, Entdeckung von Fregmentem aus zwei zerstörten Minuskeln (338 und 612), Biblica 61, (1980) 407-411.