Minuscule 695
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| number = 695
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| text = Gospels †
| script = Greek
| date = 13th century
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| now at = British Library
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| size = {{×|24.1|19.3}}
| type = Byzantine text-type/mixed
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Minuscule 695 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε327 (von Soden),Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 187.{{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/n83/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=72}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript is lacunose.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = K.
| author-link = Kurt Aland
|author2=M. Welte |author3=B. Köster |author4=K. Junack
| title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments
| publisher = Walter de Gruyter
| year = 1994
| location = Berlin, New York
| page = 88
| isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }}[http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste] at the Münster Institute Scrivener labelled it by 599e.{{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
| edition = fourth
| location = London
| page = 260
}}
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 299 parchment leaves (size {{×|24.1|19.3}}), with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page. It lacks text of Matthew 1:11-15:18.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| page = 213
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n225/mode/2up
}}
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum and the Eusebian tables at the beginning. The tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (contents) are placed before each Gospel, numbers of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters) are given at the left margin, there are no the {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles) at the top. There is also division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241), with a references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings, incipits, {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}} (lessons), Synaxarion, Menologion, ornamented headpieces, and subscriptions at the end.
Text
Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.{{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
| pages = 139
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
According to the Claremont Profile Method it has mixed text in Luke 1, mixed Byzantine text in Luke 10 relatively close to Kx, and Kx in Luke 20.{{Cite book
| last = Wisse
| first = Frederik
| title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1982
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/64 64]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/64
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}}
History
Scrivener and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century.
The manuscript was bought in 1862 from H. S. Freeman, former consul in Janina.
It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (599) and Gregory (695).
It was examined by S. T. Bloomfield and Dean Burgon. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883.
The manuscript is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 24373) in London.
See also
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References
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Further reading
- S. T. Bloomfield, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PNgtAAAAYAAJ Critical Annotations: Additional and Supplementary on the New Testament] (1860).
- W. H. P. Hatch, Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament, LXX (Cambridge, 1951).
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Category:Greek New Testament minuscules