Minuscule 636 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 598 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century. The manuscript has complex contents.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. Formerly it was labeled by 174a and 212p.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, on 211 paper leaves (size ). The end of the Hebrews was supplemented in the 16th century. It is written in one column per page, 22-27 lines per page.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the before each book, lectionary markings, incipits, subscriptions at the end of each book, and .
The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.
It contains the Comma Johanneum in the margin added by a later hand.
Text
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.
History
The manuscript was written by Presbyter Nicolaus. It is dated by the INTF to the 15th century.Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who slightly examined the major part of the manuscript.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) Gregory saw it in 1886.
Formerly it was labeled by 174a and 212p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 636 to it.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Nazionale (Ms. II. A. 9), at Naples.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
References
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