Minuscule 690

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Minuscule 690 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε435 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = K. | author-link = Kurt Aland |author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 88 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }} Scrivener labelled it by 594e.{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | edition = fourth | location = London | page = 259

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 237 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 21-28 lines per page.{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | pages = 212–213 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n225/mode/2up

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, the tables of the κεφαλαια (contents) are placed before each Gospel, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) are given at the margin, Ammonian Sections and pictures. There are no a references to the Eusebian Canons. Two rude pictures of Evangelists have been effaced. The τιτλοι (titles), lectionary markings at the margin, Synaxarion, and Menologion.

According to Scrivener it is "rough and abounding with itacisms".

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book | last1 = Aland | first1 = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | pages = 139 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It is partly illegible in Luke 1.{{Cite book | last = Wisse | first = Frederik | title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1982 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 64 | url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/64 | isbn = 0-8028-1918-4 | url-access = registration

It has some unique readings.

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory dated it to the 14th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.

The manuscript was bought from Spyridion Lambros from Athens in 1859 (along with the codex 688, 689).

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (594) and Gregory (690).

It was examined by Bloomfied, Dean Burgon, and William Hatch.

The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 22738) in London.

References

References

  1. [[Hermann von Soden]], ''Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte'' (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 194.
  2. Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
  3. [http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste] at the Münster Institute

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