Minuscule 2612 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 184 parchment leaves (19.5 cm by 14.5 cm). Space of writing is 12.8 cm by 9.8 cm, but the Matthew portion is written on space of 13.7 cm x 9.5 cm. Dated paleographically 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. 199.
Description The codex contains text of the four Gospels. The text is written in one column per page, in 21-28 lines per page.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, in the order: Mark, Luke, John, and Matthew.
Text
The Greek text of the codex, is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland did not place it in any Category. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 the manuscript is defective.
History
The codex now is located in the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of the Duke University (Gk MS 5) at Durham.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules Textual criticism Biblical manuscript
References
External links
Minuscule 2612 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts