Minuscule 603 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 61 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. 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. 82. The manuscript is lacunose. Formerly it was labeled by 123a and 144p.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles on 476 paper leaves (size ), with only one lacuna (1 Peter 1:9-2:7). The text is written in one column per page, 29-30 lines per page.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the before each book, numbers the (chapters) at the margin, the (titles) at the top, lectionary markings at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each book, and . It has hymns.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. It was examined by Henri Omont, who dated the manuscript on the 13th century. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 117 Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 106A), at Paris.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
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