Minuscule 691
Minuscule 691 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε1387 (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 complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it by 595e.[5]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 18.8 cm by 13.9 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 275 parchment leaves (size 18.8 cm by 13.9 cm).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.[3][6]
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, Argumentum, the tables of the κεφαλαια (contents) are placed before each Gospel, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) are given at the left margin, the τιτλοι (titles), Ammonian Sections (237 sections, the last section in 16:15), lectionary markings, incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions, and "rough pictures" and illuminations.[5] There are no references to the Eusebian Canons.[6]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.[7] Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[8]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It is partly illegible in Luke 1.[7]
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century, 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 was bought from Spyridion Lambros from Athens in 1859, along with 22 other manuscripts of the New Testament (codices: 688, 689, 690, 692, 693, etc.).[6]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (595) and Gregory (691).[5]
It was examined by Samuel Thomas Bloomfield and Dean Burgon.[6]
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 22739) in London.[3][4]
References
- Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 187.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 72.
- Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 88. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- 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. 260.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 213.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
- 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.
Further reading
- S. T. Bloomfield, Critical Annotations: Additional and Supplementary on the New Testament (1860)
- G. Milligan, The New Testament Documents: their Origin and Early History (London, 1913), p. 161