Minuscule 697
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1865 |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 20.3 cm by 15.3 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type/mixed |
| Category | none |
Minuscule 697 (in the
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 350 parchment leaves (size 20.3 cm by 15.3 cm).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 25 lines per page.[3][6]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), the numbers appearing at the margin; the τιτλοι (titles) are given at the top. There is also a division according to the
According to Scrivener it is "beautifully written in very black ink, the first page of each Gospel being in gold".[5]
Text
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.[7]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual group 22a in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[8]
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 14th century. Gregory dated it to the 13th or 14th century.[6][5] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.[4]
The manuscript was found in a village near Corinth, and bought by C. L. Merlin, British vice-consul in Athens, in 1865.[6]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (his 601) and Gregory (his 697).
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 26103) in London.[3][4]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
References
- Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 175.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 72.
- ^ ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b c d e Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 213.
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- ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
Further reading
- S. T. Bloomfield, Critical Annotations: Additional and Supplementary on the New Testament(1860).