Minuscule 601

Minuscule 601 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 360 (von Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.^[2] The manuscript is lacunose. Formerly it was labelled by 121^a and 142^p.^[3]

Minuscule 601

New Testament manuscript
Text	Acts of the Apostles, Pauline epistles †
Date	13th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Bibliothèque nationale de France
Size	18.5 cm by 12.9 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V
Note	marginalia

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles on 257 paper leaves (size 18.5 cm by 12.9 cm),^[2] with lacunae (Titus, Philemon, Hebrews 1:1-5:2). Texts of Acts 1:1-5:20; 10:23-35; 13:4-16; He 8:13-10:7 were added by a later hand.^[4]

The text is written in one column per page, 23-24 lines per page.^[2] It contains Prolegomena, lists of the κεφαλαια (chapters) before each of the Gospels, the τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels, Synaxarion, Menologion, and στιχοι.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5]

History

The manuscript belonged to Jacques Auguste de Thou († 1617), his son François Auguste de Thou († 1642), then to Colbert.^[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.^[6] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.^[4]

The manuscript currently is housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 104), at Paris.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 69.
2. 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.
3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 293.
4. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 275.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
6. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 115

Further reading

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 275.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)