Minuscule 62 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 453 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th 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. 50. Formerly it was labelled by 62a and 65p. It was adapted for liturgical use. The manuscript is lacunose.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles on 135 paper leaves (size ) with two lacunae (Acts 1:1-7:34; 13:21-25). The text is written in one column per page, 35 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the (titles) at the top of the pages.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (tables of contents) before each book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), Synaxarion, and subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of stichoi. Hebrews is placed before 1 Timothy.
Text
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any of his Categories.
History
The manuscript came from the East. The manuscript once belonged to the Colbert's collection. It was examined by Wettstein, Griesbach,J. J. Griesbach, Symbolae critiquae, p. 166, 188 and Scholz. Formerly it was labelled by 62a and 65p. In 1908 Gregory gave for it number 62.
Currently it is housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 60), at Paris.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
References
Further reading
J. J. Griesbach, Symbolae criticae ad supplendas et corrigendas variarum Nouveau Testament lectionum collectiones (Halle, 1793), p. 166, 188.