Minuscule 695
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Minuscule 695 ε327 (von Soden), is a Greek
minuscule manuscript
of the New Testament
, on parchment. Palaeographically
it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose. Scrivener
labelled it by 599e.
s on 299 parchment leaves (size ), with some lacunae
. The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page. It lacks text of Matthew 1:11-15:18.
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum
and the Eusebian tables at the beginning. The tables of the (contents) are placed before each Gospel, numbers of the (chapters) are given at the left margin, there are no the (titles) at the top. There is also division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241), with a references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings, incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), Synaxarion, Menologion, ornamented headpieces, and subscriptions at the end.
did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category
.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixed text in Luke 1, mixed Byzantine text in Luke 10 relatively close to Kx, and Kx
in Luke 20.
to the 13th century.
The manuscript was bought in 1862 from H. S. Freeman, former consul in Janina.
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (599) and Gregory (695).
It was examined by S. T. Bloomfield
and Dean Burgon. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the British Library
(Add. 24373), London
.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
minuscule manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, on parchment. Palaeographically
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose. Scrivener
Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
The Reverend Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener, LL.D. was an important text critic of the New Testament and a member of the English New Testament Revision Committee which produced the Revised Version of the Bible...
labelled it by 599e.
Description
The codex contains the text of the four GospelGospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...
s on 299 parchment leaves (size ), with some lacunae
Lacuna (manuscripts)
A lacunaPlural lacunae. From Latin lacūna , diminutive form of lacus . is a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or a musical work...
. The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page. It lacks text of Matthew 1:11-15:18.
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum
Epistula ad Carpianum
The Epistula ad Carpianum is the title traditionally given to a letter from Eusebius of Caesarea to a Christian named Carpianus....
and the Eusebian tables at the beginning. The tables of the (contents) are placed before each Gospel, numbers of the (chapters) are given at the left margin, there are no the (titles) at the top. There is also division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241), with a references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings, incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), Synaxarion, Menologion, ornamented headpieces, and subscriptions at the end.
Text
Kurt AlandKurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category
Categories of New Testament manuscripts
New Testament manuscripts in Greek are categorized into five groups, according to a scheme introduced in 1981 by Kurt and Barbara Aland in Der Text des Neuen Testaments. The categories are based on how each manuscript relates to the various text-types. Generally speaking, earlier Alexandrian...
.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixed text in Luke 1, mixed Byzantine text in Luke 10 relatively close to Kx, and Kx
Family Kx
Family Kx is a large group of the New Testament manuscripts. It belongs to the Byzantine text-type as one of the textual families of this group. It includes uncials, and although hundreds of minuscules, no early ones.- Description :...
in Luke 20.
History
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTFInstitute for New Testament Textual Research
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is an institute for the investigation of the text of the New Testament. The INTF was founded in Münster in 1959 by Professor Kurt Aland , the first director of the Institute...
to the 13th century.
The manuscript was bought in 1862 from H. S. Freeman, former consul in Janina.
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (599) and Gregory (695).
It was examined by S. T. Bloomfield
Samuel Thomas Bloomfield
Samuel Thomas Bloomfield was an English clergyman and Biblical textual critic. His Greek New Testament was widely used, in England and the United States.-Life:His surname was also spelled Blomfield or Blumfield...
and Dean Burgon. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
(Add. 24373), London
London
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.
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
Further reading
- S. T. Bloomfield, Critical Annotations: Additional and Supplementary on the New Testament (1860).
- W. H. P. HatchWilliam HatchWilliam Henry Paine Hatch, Ph.D., D.D. was an American theologian, born at Camden, N. J. He attended Harvard, graduating in 1898 . Afterward, he graduated at the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and from the General Theological Seminary in New York City...
, Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament, LXX (Cambridge, 1951).