Minuscule 627 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 53 ( von Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is lacunose.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. 84.

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labelled it by 160^a, 193^p, and 24^r. It has unusual order of books: the

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is placed between

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and the Catholic epistles.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

except the four

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s, on 187 parchment leaves (size ), with lacunae at the beginning and end (Acts 1:1-28:19; Hebrews 3:12-13:25). The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the (''titles'') at the top of the pages. It contains subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of , and

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. The order of books is unusual: Acts of the Apostles,

, Catholic epistles,

Pauline epistles The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest ext ...

. The

Epistle to the Hebrews The Epistle to the Hebrews ( grc, Πρὸς Ἑβραίους, Pros Hebraious, to the Hebrews) is one of the books of the New Testament. The text does not mention the name of its author, but was traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle. Mos ...

is placed after the

Epistle to Philemon The Epistle to Philemon is one of the books of the Christian New Testament. It is a prison letter, co-authored by Paul the Apostle with Timothy, to Philemon, a leader in the Colossian church. It deals with the themes of forgiveness and re ...

Minuscule 175 Minuscule 175 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 95 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefas ...

has the same sequence of the New Testament books, but it has the Gospels at the beginning of the codex.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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placed it in Category V.

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 11th century; Gregory, Aland and the

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to the 10th century.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute Formerly it was known as Basilian 101. The manuscript was examined and described by

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. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by

Johann Martin Augustin Scholz Johann Martin Augustin Scholz (8 February 1794 – 20 October 1852) was a German Roman Catholic orientalist, biblical scholar and academic theologian. He was a professor at the University of Bonn and travelled extensively throughout Europe ...

, who slightly examined the whole manuscript. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. Formerly it was labelled by 160^a, 193^p, and 24^r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 627 to it.

Herman C. Hoskier Herman Charles Hoskier (1864–1938), was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier (1832–1904). Hoskier, as textual critic, generally but not entirely supported the Byzantine text-type against th ...

collated the text of the Apocalypse.Herman C. Hoskier, ''Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers.'' 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 51-52 The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(Vat. gr. 2062), at

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