Date 10th century Size 20.8 cm by 16 cm | Script Greek Type Byzantine text-type | |
Text Acts of the Apostles, Pauline epistles † Now at Bibliothèque nationale de France | ||
Minuscule 602 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 61 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is very lacunose. Formerly it was labeled by 122a and 143p.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles on 248 parchment leaves (size 20.8 cm by 16 cm), with numerous lacunae (James, Philipians-2 Thess., 2 Timothy-Hebrews). The text is written in one column per page, 17 lines per page.
It contains Prolegomena, the κεφαλαια (chapters), τιτλοι (titles), subscriptions at the end of each book, and στιχοι.
Acts 3:48-15:22; 15:29-16:36; 17:4-18:26; 20:16-28:17; 1 Peter 2:20-3:2; 3:17-18; 1 John 1:1-3:5; 3:21-5:9; 2 John 8-3 John 10; Jude 7-Romans 4:16; 4:24-7:9; 7:18-1 Cor 1:28; 2:13-8:1; 9:6-14:2; 14:10-Gal 1:11; 2:4-Eph 1:18; 1 Ti 1:14-5:5.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 105), at Paris.