Minuscule 628 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 400 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek–Latin diglot minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Formerly it was labeled by 161a, 198p, and 69r.[3]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | Ottobonianus |
|---|---|
| Text | New Testament (except Gospels) † |
| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek–Latin |
| Now at | Vatican Library |
| Size | 24.7 cm by 18.7 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Description
editThe codex contains the text of the New Testament except the four Gospels, on 216 paper leaves (size 24.7 cm by 18.7 cm), with lacunae at the beginning and end (Acts 1:1-2:27; Revelation 18:22-22:21). It is written in two columns per page, 30-32 lines per page.[2] Text Greek and Latin in parallel columns. It contains Prolegomena, and subscriptions at the end of each book.[4][3]
The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, and Book of Revelation. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.[4]
Text
editThe Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
History
editScrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century,[3] Gregory and Aland to the 14th century.[4][2] Actually it is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[6]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who slightly examined the whole manuscript.[7]
It was examined and described by Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi.[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4] Herman C. Hoskier collated the text of the Apocalypse.[9]
Formerly it was labeled by 161a, 198p, and 69r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 628 to it.[1]
It was examined and described by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini.[10]
The manuscript currently is housed at the Vatican Library (Ottobonianus gr. 258), at Rome.[2][6]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 70.
- ^ 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. 84.
- ^ 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. 295.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs. p. 277.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- ^ Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments (Leipzig, 1823)
- ^ Cozza-Luzi, Giuseppe (1893). Codices manuscripti graeci ottoboniani Bibliothecae Vaticanae descripti praeside Alphonso cardinali Capecelatro archiepiscopo Capuano. London: Ex Typographeo Vaticano. p. 145.
- ^ Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 223-226
- ^ Ernesto Feron; Fabiano Battaglini (1893). Codices manuscripti Graeci Ottoboniani bibliothecae Vaticanae. Vol. 2. Roma: Ex Typographeo Vaticano. p. 145.
Further reading
edit- Herman C. Hoskier, Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers. 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 223–226. (for r)