Minuscule 618
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| form = Minuscule
| number = 618
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| text = Acts, Catholic epistles, Paul†
| script = Greek
| date = 12th century
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| now at = Biblioteca Estense
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| size = {{×|18|13.8}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = V
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Minuscule 618 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 261 (von Soden),{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n79/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=69}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th 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. 83. The manuscript is lacunose. Tischendorf labeled it by 142a and 178p.{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
|author2=Edward Miller
| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1
| publisher = George Bell & Sons
| year = 1894
| location = London
| edition = 4
| page = 294
}}
Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles on 292 parchment leaves (size {{×|18|13.8}}) with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 21-22 lines per page.
It contains Prolegomena, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of {{lang|grc|στιχοι}}.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| page = 276
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n289/mode/2up
}}
The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book
| last1 = Aland
| first1 = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| author-link2 = Barbara Aland
| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1995
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n161 139]
| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
According to Scrivener it has valuable text, but with many errors. Its text often resembling codex 460.Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (1894), vol. 1, p. 291.
History
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who slightly examined its text in Book of Acts. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
Formerly it was labeled by 142a and 178p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 618 to it.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Estense (G. 243, a.F.1.28. (III B 17)), at Modena.
See also
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References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 276
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n289/mode/2up
}}
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules