Minuscule 626 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1010 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Tischendorf labeled it by 159a.[3]

Minuscule 626
New Testament manuscript
TextActs, Catholic epistles
Date10th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
Size15.9 cm by 10.6 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Description edit

The codex contains the text of the Acts, Epistle of James, and First Epistle of Peter on 84 parchment leaves (size 15.9 cm by 10.6 cm), with lacunae (Acts 1:1-5:29; 6:14-7:11). The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.[2]

It contains double Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια before each book, numbers of the κεφαλαια at the margin, the τιτλοι at the top of the pages, Lectionary markings at the margin, and subscriptions at the end of each book. Scholia, whose authors' names are given, were added by a later hand.[3][4]

Text edit

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]

History edit

Formerly it was known as Basilian 7. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who slightly examined the manuscript. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]

Formerly it was labeled by 159a. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 626 to it.[1]

The manuscript currently is housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1968), at Rome.[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b 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. 84.
  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. 295.
  4. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 277.
  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.

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