Minuscule 640 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), Ο
πρ 262 (
von Soden),
is a
Greek minuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
manuscript of the
New Testament, on parchment.
Palaeographically to the 11th century. The manuscript is very fragmentary.
[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.] Scrivener labeled it by 230
a, Gregory by 203
a.
Description
The codex contains the text of the
Epistle of James 1:1-23 on 2 parchment leaves (size ). 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.
[ The manuscript is of wonderful beauty.][
It contains the illuminated head-pieces, the at the top of the pages, with a commentary on three sides of the text in a very minute hand.]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...
placed it in Category V.
History
The manuscript is dated by the INTF
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (german: Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its G ...
to the 11th century.[Handschriftenliste]
at the Münster Institute
The manuscript was presented by Harris from Alexandria to the British Museum.[ The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (230a) and Gregory (203a). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.][ In 1908 Gregory gave the number 640 to it.][
The manuscript currently is housed at the British Library (Add MS 19392A).][
]
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
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Greek New Testament minuscules
11th-century biblical manuscripts
British Library additional manuscripts