Text Acts, Pauline epistles Script Greek Type mixed | Date 14th century Size 29.4 cm by 20.7 cm | |
Now at Bibliothèque nationale de France | ||
Minuscule 608 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), OΘ 44 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Formerly it was labeled by 129a and 156p.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles on 388 parchment leaves (size 29.4 cm by 20.7 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 41 and more lines per page. Scrivener noted: "The text is sometimes suppressed". The text of the Catholic epistles is surrounded by a catena.
The order of books: Acts, Pauline epistles, and Catholic. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of text-types. Aland did not place it in any Category.
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. It was slightly examined by Scholz and Paulin Martin. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
Formerly it was labeled by 129a and 156p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 608 to it.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 220), at Paris.