Minuscule 630

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Minuscule 630
Name	Ottobonianus gr. 325
Text	Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles
Date	12th/13th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Vatican Library
Size	19.3 cm by 12.6 cm
Type	mixed
Category	III

Minuscule 630 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 461 (von Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is known as Codex Ottobonianus. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th or 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose.^[2] Formerly it was labeled by 163^a and 201^p.^[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles, on 215 paper leaves (size 19.3 cm by 12.6 cm), with lacunae (Acts 4:19-5:1). The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.^[2] It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each book, and subscriptions at the end of each book.^[4][3]

The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the text-types. Kurt Aland placed it in Category III.^[5] Aland gave for it the following textual profile: Acts 45¹ 24^1/2 18² 10^S; Cath 47¹ 7^1/2 35² 14^S; Paul 171¹ 44^1/2 28² 10^S.^[5]

Textual variants

In Acts 16:10 it reads θεος along with P⁷⁴, Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Vaticanus, Ephraemi, E, 044, 33, 81, 181, 326, 945, 1739, ar, e, l, vg, cop^bo, geo; other reading κυριος, is supported by D, P, 049, 056, 0142, 88, 104, 330, 436, 451, 614, 629, 1241, 1505, 1877, 2127, 2412, 2492, 2495, Byz, c, d, gig, syr^p,h, cop^sa.^[6]

In Romans 8:1 it reads Ιησου κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν αλλα κατα πνευμα, for Ιησου. The reading of the manuscript is supported by א^c, D^c, K, P, 33, 88, 104, 181, 326, 330, (436 omit μη), 456, 614, 1241, 1877, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect.^[7]

In 1 Corinthians 7:5 it reads τη προσευχη (prayer) along with $\mathfrak{P}$¹¹, $\mathfrak{P}$⁴⁶, א*, A, B, C, D, F, G, P, Ψ, 6, 33, 81, 104, 181, 629, 1739, 1877, 1881, 1962, it, vg, cop, arm, eth. Other manuscripts read τη νηστεια και τη προσευχη (fasting and prayer) or τη προσευχη και νηστεια (prayer and fasting).^[8][9]

In 1 Corinthians 15:47 it has singular reading δευτερος ο κυριος for δευτερος ανθρωπος (א*, B, C, D, F, G, 0243, 33, 1739, it, vg, cop^bo eth) or δευτερος ανθρωπος ο κυριος (א^c, A, D^c, K, P, Ψ, 81, 104, 181, 326, 330, 436, 451, 614, 629, 1241, 1739^mg, 1877, 1881, 1984, 1985, 2127, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect).^[10]

In 2 Corinthians 2:10 it reads τηλικουτων θανατων, along with p⁴⁶, 1739^c, it^d,e, syr^p,h, goth; other manuscripts read τηλικουτου θανατου or τηλικουτου κινδυνου.^[11]

In 2 Corinthians 11:14 it has reading ου θαυμα as codices Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Bezae, Augiensis, Boernerianus, Porphyrianus, 098, Uncial 0243, Minuscule 6, 33, 81, 326, 365, 1175, 1739, 1881, 2464; the majority has reading ου θαυμαστον (D², Ψ, 0121a, Byz).^[12]

In 1 Timothy 3:16 it has textual variant θεός ἐφανερώθη (God manifested) (Sinaiticus^e, A², C², D^c, K, L, P, Ψ, 81, 104, 181, 326, 330, 436, 451, 614, 629, 1241, 1739, 1877, 1881, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect), against ὃς ἐφανερώθη (he was manifested) supported by Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, Ephraemi, Boernerianus, 33, 365, 442, 2127, P, 81, 104, 436, 629, and 1985.^[15]

History

F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 14th century.^[3][4][2] Actually it is dated by the INTF to the 12th or 13th century.^[16]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who slightly examined a major part of the manuscript.^[17] It was examined and described by Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi.^[18] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.^[4]

Formerly it was labeled by 163^a and 201^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 630 to it.^[1]

The manuscript is cited by NA26, NA27, and UBS3.

The manuscript currently is housed at the Vatican Library (Ottob. gr. 325), at Rome.^[2][16]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism
• Family 1739

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 70. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n81/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. 84.
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. 296. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 278. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n291/mode/2up. 
5. ^ ^{a b} 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. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
6. ^ NA26, p. 480
7. ^ UBS3, p. 548.
8. ^ NA26, p. 450.
9. ^ UBS3, p. 591.
10. ^ UBS3, p. 616.
11. ^ UBS3, p. 622.
12. ^ NA26, p. 488
13. ^ Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2001), pp. 573-573.
14. ^ 1 Timothy 3:16 in Codex Alexandrinus at the Bible Research
15. ^ UBS3, pp. 761-762.
16. ^ ^{a b} Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
17. ^ J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments (Leipzig, 1823)
18. ^ Cozza-Luzi, Giuseppe (1893). Codices manuscripti graeci ottoboniani Bibliothecae Vaticanae descripti praeside Alphonso cardinali Capecelatro archiepiscopo Capuano. London: Ex Typographeo Vaticano. p. 172. http://www.archive.org/stream/codicesmanuscri00cozzgoog#page/n241/mode/2up. 

Further reading

• Thomas C. Geer, Family 1739 in Acts (Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series, 1994)

External links

Bible portal

• Minuscule 630 (GA) at the Encyclopedia Textual Criticism