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 Gregory-Aland numbering), ε1389 (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 as 601e.[5]
Description[edit]
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 Ammonian Sections (in gold), but there are no references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains a portrait of John, the Evangelist.[5][6]
According to Scrivener it is "beautifully written in very black ink, the first page of each Gospel being in gold".[5]
Text[edit]
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[edit]
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).[5] It was examined and described by S. T. Bloomfield, and Dean Burgon. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[6]
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 26103) in London.[3][4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ 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. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ 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.