Minuscule 608 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), OΘ 44 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. 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 includes a variety of textual and marginal annotations, making its structure complex. Formerly it was labeled by 129a and 156p.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles on 388 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in two columns per page, 41 or more lines per page. Scrivener noted: "The text is sometimes suppressed". The text of the Catholic epistles is surrounded by a catena.
The order of books: Acts, Pauline epistles, and Catholic. The Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after the Epistle to Philemon.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of text-types. Aland did not place it in any Category.
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. It was slightly examined by Scholz and Paulin Martin.Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 122 Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
Formerly it was labeled by 129a and 156p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 608 to it.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 220), at Paris.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
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