Minuscule 619
New Testament manuscript
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Minuscule 619 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 57 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the 984.[2] The manuscript has complex contents. Tischendorf labelled it by 148a and 184p.[3]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Acts of the Apostles, Pauline epistles |
|---|---|
| Date | 984 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Laurentian Library |
| Size | 33.5 cm by 24 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | none |
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Pauline epistles on 342 parchment leaves (size 33.5 cm by 24 cm).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 15 lines per page for the biblical text, 46 lines per page for a commentary.[4]
It contains Prolegomena, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, the τιτλοι (titles) at the top, and a commentary.[3][4]
The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.[4]
Text
History
The manuscript was written in A.D. 984, Indict 12, by Theophylact, priest and doctor of law. It once belonged to the Benedictine Library of St. Mary.[3] It was examined by Bernard de Montfaucon.[4]
Formerly it was labelled by 148a and 184p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 619 to it.[1]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]
The manuscript currently is housed at the Laurentian Library (Conv. Supr. 191), at Florence.[2]
