Minuscule 640
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Epistle of James 1:1-23 |
|---|---|
| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 24.3 cm by 19.6 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Hand | very minute |
| Note | wonderful beauty |
Minuscule 640 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Οπρ 262 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically to the 11th century. The manuscript is very fragmentary.[2] Scrivener labeled it by 230a, Gregory by 203a.[3]
Description
The codex contains the text of the Epistle of James 1:1-23 on 2 parchment leaves (size 24.3 cm by 19.6 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 17 lines per page for biblical text, and 37-45 lines per page for a commentary.[2] The manuscript is of wonderful beauty.[3]
It contains the illuminated head-pieces, the κεφαλαια at the top of the pages, with a commentary on three sides of the text in a very minute hand.[3][4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
History
The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[6]
The manuscript was presented by Harris from Alexandria to the British Museum.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (230a) and Gregory (203a). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.[4] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 640 to it.[1]
The manuscript currently is housed at the British Library (Additional Manuscripts 19392a), at London.[2][6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 70.
- ^ a b c K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 85.
- ^ a b c d Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 300.
- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 280.
{{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. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ a b Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 280.