Minuscule 614 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α ³⁶⁴ ( von Soden), is a

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of the

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, on

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. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''

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'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 83. The manuscript is lacunose. Tischendorf labelled it by 137^a and 176^p. According to some scholars, it is one of very few witnesses of the

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with complete text of the

Book of Acts The Acts of the Apostles (, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; ) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of The gospel, its message to the Roman Empire. Acts and the Gospel of Luke make u ...

. But Robert Waltz categorizes it with the Harklean Family (Family 2138) in a subgroup with its close relative Minuscule 2412. The earliest representative of this family is the marginal readings of the seventh-century Harklean Syriac version.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles (, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; ) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of The gospel, its message to the Roman Empire. Acts and the Gospel of Luke make u ...

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, and

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on 276 parchment leaves (size ), with only one

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(Jude 3-25). The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute It contains

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lectionary A lectionary () is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christianity, Christian or Judaism, Jewish worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evangeliary, ...

markings at the margin,

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, anagnoseis (''lessons''), subscriptions at the end, and stichoi.

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, and

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notes were added by a later hand. It contains additional material ''Journeys and death of Paul'' (as

102 102 may refer to: *102 (number), the number * AD 102, a year in the 2nd century AD * 102 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC * 102 (ambulance service), an emergency medical transport service in Uttar Pradesh, India * 102 (Clyde) Field Squadron, Royal E ...

206 Year 206 ( CCVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Umbrius and Gavius (or, less frequently, year 959 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 206 for this y ...

216 __NOTOC__ Year 216 ( CCXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Anullinus (or, less frequently, year 969 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 216 f ...

256 Year 256 ( CCLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 1009 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 256 for this y ...

468 __NOTOC__ Year 468 ( CDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Anthemius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1221 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomin ...

665 __NOTOC__ Year 665 ( DCLXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 665 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europ ...

, 912), it was added by a later hand. The order of books: Acts, Pauline epistles, and Catholic epistles.

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is placed after

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. The text of Romans 16:25-27 is following 14:23, as in

Codex Angelicus Codex Angelicus designated by Lap or 020 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 5 ( von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century. Formerly it was known as ''Codex Passione ...

Codex Athous Lavrensis The Codex Athous Laurae is a manuscript of the New Testament written in Greek uncial letters on parchment. It is designated by Ψ or 044 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and δ 6 in the von Soden numbering of New Test ...

, 0209, Minuscule 181 326

330 __NOTOC__ Year 330 ( CCCXXX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallicanus and Tullianus (or, less frequently, year 1083 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominat ...

451 __NOTOC__ Year 451 ( CDLI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcianus and Adelfius (or, less frequently, year 1204 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 4 ...

460 __NOTOC__ Year 460 ( CDLX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magnus and Apollonius (or, less frequently, year 1213 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 460 ...

1241 Year 1241 ( MCCXLI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events * March 18 – Battle of Chmielnik ( Mongol invasion of Poland): The Mongols overwhelm the feudal Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków provinces ...

1877 1881 1984 1985 2492 2495, and most other manuscripts.

Text

The Greek text of the codex has been described as a representative of the

. Aland placed it in Category III. It is a sister manuscript to

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; they share slight variations of the Harklean marginal addition to Acts 18:21, καὶ ἀνήχθη ἀπὸ τῆς Ἐφέσου, τὸν δὲ Ἀκύλαν εἴασεν ἐν Ἐφέσῳ (and he sailed from Ephesus, but left Aquila in Ephesus). In the Catholic epistles Aland placed it in Category V. The same text is found at the margin of the Book of Acts in ''Harklean Syriac''. It has some the

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readings in the Catholic epistles. In Pauline epistles its text is almost pure the Byzantine text.Robert Waltz
''Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism''
2003, p. 230.

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noted: "It contains a large number of pre-

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readings, many of them of the Western type of text." Clark and Riddle, who collated and published text of 2412, speculated that 614 might even have been copied from 2412. The text is similar to

Codex Bezae The Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis is a bi-lingual Greek and Latin manuscript of the New Testament written in an uncial hand on parchment. It is designated by the siglum D or 05 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and � ...

and

Codex Laudianus Codex Laudianus, designated by Ea or 08 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1001 ( von Soden), called ''Laudianus'' after the former owner, Archbishop William Laud. It is a diglot Latin — Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, palae ...

. It is important witness of the Western text in that parts of the Acts where these two manuscripts are mutilated, especially at the end, because they do not have ending parts (Codex Beae lacks Acts 22:29–28:31; Codex Laudianus – Acts 26:29–28:26). In Acts 27:5; 28:16.19 codex 614 is witness for unique textual variants, which these two codices formerly contained.

Textual variants

In the Acts

: Acts 15:23 — it has unique reading γραψαντης δια χειρος αυτων επιστολην και πεμψαντες περιεχουσαν ταδε (''they wrote by their hands this letter that contains''), it is not supported by other manuscripts. : Acts 27:5 — additional (''by fifteen days ''); this reading is supported by 2147; : Acts 27:15 — interpolation along with the codex 2147 syr^h**. : Acts 27:19 — at the end of the verse it has additional phrase (''to the sea'') along with the codex 2147, Old Latin versions, some

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manuscripts, syr^h**, and Sahidic version. : Acts 27:30 — codex 614 has singulary omission, it lacks word (''pretext''). : Acts 27:35 — the verse ends with the addition of επιδιδους και ημιν (''and giving talso to us'') : Acts 28:16 — additional (''outside the camp'') supported by 2147 and Old Latin manuscripts. NA26, p. 407. : Acts 28:19 — additional supported only by 2147 and syr^h**. : Acts 28:30 — it has addition at the end of verse: (''Jews and Greks'') along with codices 2147,

Codex Gigas The ''Codex Gigas'' ("Giant Book"; ) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of . It is a Romanesque Latin Bible, with other texts, some secular, added in the second half of the book. Very large illumin ...

, some Vulgate manuscripts, syr^h**.

In rest of books

: Romans 8:1 it reads Ιησου κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν αλλα κατα πνευμα, for Ιησου. The reading of the manuscript is supported by א^c, D^c, K, P, 33, 88,

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181 Year 181 ( CLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Burrus (or, less frequently, year 934 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 181 for this ye ...

, 326,

, (

436 __NOTOC__ Year 436 ( CDXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Isodorus and Senator (or, less frequently, year 1189 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominatio ...

omit μη),

456 __NOTOC__ Year 456 ( CDLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Avitus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1209 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination ...

630 Year 630 ( DCXXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 630 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming ...

, 1877, 1962,

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, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect. :

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3:16 it has textual variant (''God manifested'') (Sinaiticus^e, A², C², D^c, K, L, P, Ψ, 81,

, 326,

, 614,

629 __NOTOC__ Year 629 ( DCXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 629 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe ...

, 1241,

1739 Events January–March * January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, in the South Atlantic Ocean. * January 3 – A 7.6 earthquake shakes the Ningxia Hui Autonomou ...

, 1877, 1881, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect), against ὃς ἐφανερώθη (''he was manifested'') supported by Sinaiticus,

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, Ephraemi, Boernerianus, 33,

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, 2127, ℓ ''599''. : 2 Timothy 4:22 it reads Ιησους for κυριος along with manuscripts

, vgst. : 1 John 5:6 — it has textual variant (''through water and blood and spirit'') along with the manuscripts:

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, 424^c, 1739^c, 2412, 2495, ℓ ''598''^m, syr^h, cop^sa, cop^bo,

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identified this reading as Orthodox corrupt reading.

History

Nothing is known of the manuscript's early history. The place of its origin is also unknown. It was bought at

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and came to Milan. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by

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saw the manuscript in 1886. Formerly it was labelled it by 137^a and 176^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 614 to it. The manuscript was included to a critical apparatus by

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in his 25th edition of

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(1963).Michael W. Holmes, ''From Nestle to the `Editio Critica Maior`'', in: ''The Bible as Book: The Transmission of the Greek Text'', London 2003, p. 128. The manuscript currently is housed at the

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(E. 97 sup.), at

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References

External links

* Robert Waltz
''Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism''
2003.

at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0614 Greek New Testament minuscules 13th-century biblical manuscripts Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana