Minuscule 642 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 552 ( von Soden), is a

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of the

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, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th 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 217^a and 273^p;

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labelled it by 185^a and 255^p.

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 ...

Catholic epistles The catholic epistles (also called the general epistles) are seven epistles of the New Testament. Listed in order of their appearance in the New Testament, the catholic epistles are: Naming The use of the word ''catholic'' in the term catholic' ...

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 ...

, on 209 paper leaves (size ), with large lacunae (Acts 2:36–3:8; 7:3–59; 12:7–25; 14:8–27; 18:20–19:12; 22:7–23:11; 1 Corinthians 8:12–9:18; 2 Corinthians 1:1–10; Ephesians 3:2-Philemon 1:24; 2 Timothy 4:12-Tit 1:6; Hebrews 7:19–9:12). The writing is in one column per page, 22–26 lines per page. It was written by four different hands. The breathings and accents are very irregular. Some words are half-written. N ephelkystikon is rare, and the itacisms are pretty numerous (πνεμα for πνευμα).F. H. A. Scrivener
''An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis''
(Cambridge and London, 1859), p. LX It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before every book, numbers of the (''chapters''), lectionary markings at the margin, ''incipits'',

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, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of at the margin. The order of books:

, and

Epistle to the Hebrews The Epistle 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; most of the Ancient Greek manuscripts, the Old Syriac Peshitto and ...

is placed after

Epistle to Philemon The Epistle to Philemon is one of the books of the Christianity, Christian New Testament. It is a Prison literature, prison letter, authored by Paul the Apostle (the opening verse also mentions Saint Timothy, Timothy), to Saint Philemon, Philem ...

. According to the subscription at the end of the

Epistle to the Romans The Epistle to the Romans is the sixth book in the New Testament, and the longest of the thirteen Pauline epistles. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by Paul the Apostle to explain that Salvation (Christianity), salvation is offered ...

, the Letter was written προς Ρωμαιους εγραφη απο Κορινθου δια Φοιβης της διακονου; the same subscription have manuscripts: 42, 90,

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, 462, and

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Text

The Greek text of the codex has the higher value in the Catholic epistles and much lower elsewhere. The text of the Catholic epistles

Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...

placed in Category III, the text of the Acts and the Pauline epistles Aland placed in Category V, it means it is a representative of the

Byzantine text-type In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type (also called Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text) is one of the main Textual criticism#New Testament, text types. ...

. According to Wachtel it has between 20% and 30% non-Byzantine readings in the Catholic Epistles.Minuscule 642 (GA)
at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism''

History

The manuscript is dated by the

INTF The Institute for New Testament Textual Research ( — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its Greek initial text on the basis of the entire manuscri ...

to the 14th century.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute The early history of the manuscript and the place of its origin is unknown. The manuscript was brought from a Greek monastery to England by

Joseph Dacre Carlyle Rev Joseph Dacre Carlyle FRSE (4 June 1758 – 12 April 1804) was an English orientalist. He gained church preferment and travelled widely. Carlyle worked with Sarah Hodgson to create a version of the Old Testament printed in Arabic. Life Jose ...

(1759–1804), professor of Arabic, along with the manuscripts

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472 __NOTOC__ Year 472 ( CDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Festus and Marcianus (or, less frequently, year 1225 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 4 ...

473 __NOTOC__ Year 473 ( CDLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leo without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1226 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominat ...

474 __NOTOC__ Year 474 ( CDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leo without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1227 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominatio ...

475 __NOTOC__ Year 475 ( CDLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Zeno without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1228 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominatio ...

, 488,

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. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (185^a and 255^p) and Gregory (217^a and 273^p). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 642 to it. The manuscript currently is housed at

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(1185), at

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at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0642 Greek New Testament minuscules 14th-century biblical manuscripts

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