Minuscule 713 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε351 ( von Soden),

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 ...

, ''Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte'' (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 177. is a

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of the

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, on parchment.

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it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript is lacunose.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute

Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (September 29, 1813, Bermondsey, Surrey – October 30, 1891, Hendon, Middlesex) was a New Testament textual critic and a member of the English New Testament Revision Committee which produced the Revised Vers ...

labelled it as 561^e.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four

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s, on 363 parchment leaves (size ), with some lacunae. It lacks texts of John 10:27–11:14; 11:29–42. The 17th leaf is written in

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. The text is written in one column per page, 16-17 lines per page. The leaves are arranged in

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. The manuscript contains lists of the (''lists of contents'') before each Gospel. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the left margin of the text and their (''titles'') are given at the top. The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, which numbers are given at the margin, with a references to the

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. It contains lectionary markings, incipits,

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, subscriptions, and pictures. It is a

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, folios from 2 verso to 364 recto contain the upper text of 713, folios 1–3.352-365 contain the older text of lectionary designated by 586 (Gregory-Aland).

Text

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 Textual ...

did not place the Greek text of the codex in any

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recognised textual similarities to

minuscule 13 Minuscule 13 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), ε 368 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, containing the four Gospels. Using the study of ...

. Scrivener described it is one of the Ferrar Family, but it was not confirmed by more recent examinations.

lists it as I^s (along with codices

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). According to the

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it represents mixed text in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 it has Byzantine mixed text. In Matthew 17:26 it has additional reading εφη Σιμων ναι λεγει ο Ιησους δος ουν και συ ως αλλοτριος αυτων; this reading can be found in Ephraem.

History

Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th or 12th century. The manuscript is dated by the

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to the 12th century. The manuscript used to be held in Athens. It was bought in 1876 from

Bernard Quaritch Bernard Alexander Christian Quaritch ( ; April 23, 1819 – December 17, 1899) was a German-born British bookseller and collector. The company established by Bernard Quaritch in 1847 lives on in London as Bernard Quaritch Ltd, dealing in rare ...

. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (561) and Gregory (713). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883. It was partially collated by

in Matthew.J. Rendel Harris, ''Codex Ev 561: Codex Algerinae Peckower'', JBL 4 (1886, pp. 79-89 The manuscript is currently housed in the Cadbury Research Library,

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(Peckover Gr. 7).

References

External links

* R. Waltz
Minuscule 713
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' (2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 713 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts Palimpsests

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