Minuscule 611

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Minuscule 611
Text	Acts of the Apostles, Pauline epistles †
Date	12th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Turin National University Library
Size	20.4 cm by 14.6 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	none
Hand	clear large hand

Minuscule 611 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α ²⁵⁰ (von Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.^[2] The manuscript is lacunose. Formerly it was labeled by 133^a and 166^p.^[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 295 parchment leaves (size 20.4 cm by 14.6 cm), with lacunae (Acts 1:1-8; Romans 1:1-11). The lacking text was supplied by a later hand. It is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page,^[2] in a clear large hand.

It contains Prolegomena and pictures. The text of the Catholic epistles is surrounded by a catena.^[3][4]

The order of books: Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. Hebrews is precede 1 Timothy.^[4]

Text

Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.^[5]

According to Hort it has good text in the Catholic epistles with remarkable readings.^[3]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. It was examined by Hort and Pasinus. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.^[4]

Formerly it was labeled by 133^a and 166^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 611 to it.^[1]

The manuscript was destroyed by fire.^[2]

The manuscript currently is housed at the Turin National University Library (C. VI. 19), at Turin.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 69. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n79/mode/2up. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 83.
3. ^ ^{a b c} Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 294. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig. p. 276. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n289/mode/2up. 
5. ^ Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 133, 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. 

Further reading

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig. p. 276. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n289/mode/2up. 

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