Minuscule 641 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Ο16 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically to the 11th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Gregory labeled it by 204a and 260p.[3]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles † |
|---|---|
| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 29.8 cm by 23.4 cm |
| Type | ? |
| Category | none |
Description
editThe codex contains the text of the Acts, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles on 248 parchment leaves (size 29.8 cm by 23.4 cm) with some lacunae (Acts 4:15-32; Ephesians 6:21-24; Hebrews 13:24-25). The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page for biblical text, and 56 lines per page for a commentary.[2]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια before each sacred book, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of stichoi in subscriptions. It has a commentary of Oecumenius.[3]
The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.[3]
Text
editKurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[4]
History
editThe manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[5]
The manuscript once belonged to Giovanni Cardinal de Salviatis († 1553), then to Pope Pius VI. It was bought in 1859 for the British Museum. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (as 204a and 260p). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[3] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 641 to it.[1]
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 22734) in London.[2][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 70.
- ^ 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 c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 280.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute