Minuscule 685

Minuscule 685 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) ε 339 (von Soden),Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 176. is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on a parchment. It is dated palaeographically to the 13th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 88. Scrivener labelled it by 1147e. It contains marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 229 parchment leaves (24.2 cm by 16 cm). The leaves are not foliated. The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page in minuscule letters.

The text is divided according to the (chapters), whose numbers are given at the left margin of the text, with their (titles) at the top or bottom of the pages.

It contains prolegomena to the four Gospels, the tables of the before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, incipits, (lessons), Synaxarion (liturgical book with hagiographies), subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels, and numbers of stichoi to the Gospel of John.

The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an obelus.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it as a member of the textual family Kr. Aland placed it in Category V.

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents family Kr in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.

History

Formerly the manuscript was held in London (Huth 354).

It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (1147e) and Gregory (658e).

Actually the codex is housed at the University of Michigan (Ms. 151), in Ann Arbor.

Minuscule 685

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