Minuscule 611

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Minuscule 611
New Testament manuscript
TextActs of the Apostles, Pauline epistles
Date12th century
ScriptGreek
Now atTurin National University Library
Size20.4 cm by 14.6 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
Categorynone
Handclear large hand

Minuscule 611 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 250 (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 133a and 166p.[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 295 parchment leaves (size 20.4 cm by 14.6 cm), with lacunae (Acts 1:1-8; Romans 1:1-11). The lacking text was supplied by a later hand. It is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page,[2] in a clear large hand.

It contains Prolegomena and pictures. The text of the Catholic epistles is surrounded by a catena.[3][4]

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. Hebrews is precede 1 Timothy.[4]

Text

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

According to Hort it has good text in the Catholic epistles with remarkable readings.[3]

History

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

Formerly it was labeled by 133a and 166p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 611 to it.[1]

The manuscript was destroyed by fire.[2]

The manuscript currently is housed at the Turin National University Library (C. VI. 19), at Turin.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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 c 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. p. 276.{{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. pp. 133, 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.

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