Minuscule 610 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), A
πρ21 (
von Soden),
is a
Greek minuscule
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manuscript of the
New Testament, on parchment.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", '' Walter de Gruyter'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 83.] The manuscript is lacunose. Formerly it was labeled by 130
a.
Description
The codex contains the text of the
Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...
and
Catholic epistles
The catholic epistles (also called the general epistlesEncarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "katholieke brieven". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.) are seven epistles of the New Testament. Listed in order of their appearance in ...
on 177 parchment leaves (size ), with
lacunae (Acts 20:38-22:3; 2 Peter 1:14-3:18; 1 John 4:11 - Jude 8). The text is written in one column per page, 14 lines per page for the biblical text, and 41 lines for the commentary text.
[
The text of the Catholic epistles is surrounded by a ]catena
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.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is an eclectic. In Book of Acts it has a higher value. Aland placed it in Category III. In the Catholic epistles it is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
Hermann von Soden
Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist.
Life
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...
lists it as Ia1. Other members of this group are: 36, 307
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Year 307 ( CCCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Maximinus (or, less frequently, year 1060 ...
, 453
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, 1678
Events
January–March
* January 10 – England and the Dutch Republic sign a mutual defense treaty in order to fight against France.
* January 27 – The first fire engine company (in what will become the United States) goe ...
, and 2186.
History
The manuscript was brought from the East to Paris.[
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. It was examined by Martin (p. 122). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.][
The manuscript currently is housed at the ]Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...
(Gr. 221), at Paris.[
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
* Textual criticism
References
Further reading
*
External links
Minuscule 610 (GA)
at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism''
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Greek New Testament minuscules
12th-century biblical manuscripts
Bibliothèque nationale de France collections