Minuscule 696
Minuscule 696 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε328 (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 is lacunose.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it by 600e.[5]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 27.8 cm by 21.3 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | none |
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 350 parchment leaves (size 29.6 cm by 21.3 cm).[3] The text is written in two columns per page, 19-20 lines per page.[3][6]
The tables of the κεφαλαια (contents) are placed before each Gospel, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) are given at the left margin, there are no the τιτλοι (titles) at the top or bottom. There is no division according to the Ammonian Sections and the Eusebian Canons. It contains lectionary markings, incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), Synaxarion, Menologion, stichoi, and pictures.[5][6] There are remarkable pictures of the Annunciation and the three later Evangelists. The Gospel headings at the left blank.[5]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.[7] Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[8]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[7]
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 bought in 1862 from H. S. Freeman, former consul in Janina.[6]
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (600) and Gregory (696).[5]
It was examined by S. T. Bloomfield, Dean Burgon, and William Hatch. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[6]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the British Library (Add MS 24376).[3][4]
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.
- 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.
- Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
- 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.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 213.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
- 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.
Further reading
- S. T. Bloomfield, Critical Annotations: Additional and Supplementary on the New Testament (1860).
- W. H. P. Hatch, Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament, LXI (Cambridge, 1951).