Editing Minuscule 629

''For other uses see [[Codex Ottobonianus]]''
[[image:1 john 5.7 Codex Ottobonianus.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Codex Ottobonianus]] ([[Minuscule 629]]) of the 14th century has 1 John 5:7 in both Latin and Greek]]
'''Minuscule 629''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 460 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]]),<sup>[1]</sup> is a [[Latin language|Latin]]–[[Greek language|Greek]] [[diglot]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. It is known as ''Codex Ottobonianus''. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it has been assigned to the 14th century around 1362–1363. The manuscript is [[Lacuna (manuscript)|lacunose]].<sup>[2]</sup> It is known for the [[Johannine Comma and Codex Ottobonianus|Comma Johanneum]].

Formerly it was labeled by 162<sup>a</sup> and 200<sup>p</sup>. Currently it is designated by the number 629.

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[General epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]], on 265 parchment leaves (17.1 x 12.1), with [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] at the beginning and end ([[Acts 1:1]]-[[Acts 2:27|2:27]]; [[Revelation 18:22]]-[[Revelation 22:21|:22:21]]). The text is written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page.<sup>[2]</sup> The Latin text is alongside the Greek, the Greek column on the right.<sup>[3]</sup>

It contains Prolegomena at the beginning and subscriptions at the end of each sacred book.<sup>[3]</sup><sup>[4]</sup>
The words are moved very often or put in Latin order, even division of the lines and syllables follow the Latin order.<sup>[4]</sup>

The order of books is [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[General epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]]. [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] is placed after [[Epistle to Philemon]].<sup>[4]</sup>

== Text ==
[[Image:Minuscule 629 (1 Cor. 1).jpg|thumb|The beginning of 1. Corinthians]]

The Greek text of the codex has been revised according to the [[Vulgate]].<sup>[4]</sup><sup>[5]</sup> The Greek text is made to conform to the Vulgate Latin text, but the assimilation is far from complete. It has some [[Western text-type|Western]] elements in the Pauline epistles.<sup>[6]</sup>

[[Kurt Aland|Kurt]] and [[Barbara Aland]] placed the Greek text of the codex in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]].<sup>[7]</sup> In the General epistles it has the number of singular readings.<sup>[8]</sup> It has some unusual readings added by a later hand.<sup>[3]</sup>

It has the [[Textus Receptus]] reading of [[Acts 8:37]], specifically mentioning the eunuch.

In [[Romans 8:1]] it reads Ιησου κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν, for Ιησου (as א, B, D, G, 1739, 1881, it<sup>d, g</sup>, cop<sup>sa, bo</sup>, eth). The reading of the manuscript is supported by [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]], [[Codex Claromontanus|D<sup>b</sup>]], [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]], [[Minuscule 81|81]], 2127, vg. The Byzantine manuscripts read Ιησου μη κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν αλλα κατα πνευμα.<sup>[9]</sup>

[[Acts 9:6]] is missing in the Greek text [https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.gr.298/0053?fbclid=IwAR2zG-C4DGo78A9vXYqE6lm0CILQEdsn9WoJkkItdvK0dihTKtDzEu72EdE] Most of verse 6 of the usual Textus Receptus reading is omitted in 629, but a space is left for it. This omission demonstrates that the manuscript is not just a Latin translation into Greek as many who discredit the [[Johannine Comma]] reading claim, because, when this manuscript is usually examined, being a 14th Century Greek witness to the ''comma'', it is typically dismissed as a mere Latin translation into Greek from Latin, but this verse would disprove that entire concept.

In [[1 Corinthians 7:5]] it reads τη προσευχη (''prayer'') along with [[Image:C3945eee4633c095c5059f9a67aca5f7.png]]<sup>[[Papyrus 11|11]]</sup>, [[Image:C3945eee4633c095c5059f9a67aca5f7.png]]<sup>[[Papyrus 46|46]]</sup>, א*, A, [[Codex Vaticanus|B]], C, D, [[Codex Augiensis|F]], [[Codex Boernerianus|G]], P, Ψ, [[Minuscule 6|6]], [[Minuscule 33|33]], [[Minuscule 81|81]], [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 181|181]], 630, [[Minuscule 1739|1739]], [[Minuscule 1877|1877]], [[Minuscule 1881|1881]], [[Minuscule 1962|1962]], it, vg, cop, arm, eth. Other manuscripts read τη νηστεια και τη προσευχη (''fasting and prayer'') or τη προσευχη και νηστεια (''prayer and fasting'').<sup>[10]</sup><sup>[11]</sup>

In [[1 Corinthians 7:14]] it reads ανδρι τω πιστω for αδελφω. The reading is supported only by Old Latin manuscripts (ar, c, dem, t, x, z) and [[Peshitta]].<sup>[12]</sup>

It has singular reading in [[2 Corinthians 2:10]] – τηλικουτου κινδυνου; other manuscripts read τηλικουτου θανατου or τηλικουτων θανατων.<sup>[13]</sup>

In [[1 Timothy 3:16]] it has the [[Textus Receptus]] reading of θεός ἐφανερώθη (''God manifested'') (Sinaiticus<sup>e</sup>, [[Codex Alexandrinus|A<sup>2</sup>]], [[Codex Ephraemi|C<sup>2</sup>]], [[Codex Claromontanus|D<sup>c</sup>]], [[Codex Mosquensis I|K]], [[Codex Angelicus|L]], [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]], [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]], [[Minuscule 81|81]], [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 181|181]], [[Minuscule 326|326]], [[Minuscule 330|330]], [[Minuscule 436|436]], [[Minuscule 451|451]], [[Minuscule 614|614]], [[Minuscule 630|630]], 1241, [[Minuscule 1739|1739]], 1877, 1881, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect), against ὃς ἐφανερώθη (''he was manifested'') supported by Sinaiticus, [[Codex Alexandrinus]], [[Codex Ephraemi|Ephraemi]], [[Codex Boernerianus|Boernerianus]], [[Minuscule 33|33]], [[Minuscule 365|365]], [[Minuscule 442|442]], 2127, [[Lectionary 599|'''ℓ''' ''599'']].<sup>[14]</sup><sup>[15]</sup>

In [[Hebrews 8:11]] it reads πλησιον for πολιτην — [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]], [[Minuscule 81|81]], [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 436|436]], [[Minuscule 630|630]], and 1985.<sup>[16]</sup>

It contains the [[Textus Receptus]] Greek reading of the [[Comma Johanneum]] written in ''prima manu'' (first hand).<sup>[5]</sup>
{|cellspacing=10 style="background-color:transparent;"
:::::::: Comma Johanneum
|valign=top|
::: Quia tres sunt
: qui testimonium dant in
: celo, pater, verbum, et spiritus sanctus,
: et hi tres unum sunt. Et
: tres sunt qui testimonium
: dant in terra, spiritus, aqua et
: sanguis. Si testimonium
|align=top|
::: Ὃτι τρεῖς εἰσιν
: οἱ μαρτυροῦντες ἀπὸ τοῦ
: οὐρανοῦ, Πατὴρ, Λόγος καὶ Πνεῦμα ἅγιον
: καὶ οἱ τρεῖς εἰς τὸ ἕν εἰσι καὶ
: τρεῖς εἰσὶν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες
: ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ὕδωρ
: καὶ τὸ αἷμα, εἰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν.<sup>[17]</sup>
|}

== History ==
[[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]] dated the manuscript to the 15th century,<sup>[3]</sup> [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory]] and [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] to the 14th century.<sup>[2]</sup><sup>[4]</sup> However, the [[Institute for New Testament Textual Research]] dates it to the 14th century.<sup>[14]</sup>

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz]], who examined a major part of the manuscript.<sup>[19]</sup> It was examined by [[Henry Alford]]. A facsimile of the passage [[1 John 5:7]]-[[1 John 5:8|8]] (''Comma Johanneum'') was traced in [[1829 AD|1829]] by Cardinal Wiseman for Bishop Burgess, and published by [[Thomas Hartwell Horne|Horne]] in several editions of his ''Introduction'', as also by Tregelles.<sup>[3]</sup> It was examined and described by [[Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi]].<sup>[20]</sup> [[C. R. Gregory]] saw the manuscript in [[1886 AD|1886]].<sup>[4]</sup>

Formerly it was labeled by 162<sup>a</sup><sup>[21]</sup> and 200<sup>p</sup>.<sup>[22]</sup> [[1908 AD|In 1908]] [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory]] gave the number 629 to it.<sup>[4]</sup>

It was examined and described by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini.<sup>[23]</sup>

The manuscript was cited in the 26th and 27th edition of the ''[[Novum Testamentum Graece]]'' of Nestle-Aland.<sup>[24]</sup>

The manuscript currently is housed at the [[Vatican Library]] (Ottobonianus graecus 298), in [[Rome]].<sup>[2]</sup><sup>[18]</sup>

== See also ==
* [[Johannine Comma and Codex Ottobonianus]]
* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]
* [[Comma Johanneum]]

== References ==
* 1. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1908). ''[https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n81/mode/2up Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament]''. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 70.
* 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. 84.
* 3. Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 295.
* 4. Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. pp. 277–278.
* 5. Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", Oxford University Press (New York – Oxford, 2005), p. 147.
* 6. Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
* 7. 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.
* 8. Minuscule 629 (GA) at the Encyclopedia Textual Criticism
* 9. UBS3, p. 548.
* 10. NA26, p. 450.
* 11. UBS3, p. 591.
* 12. UBS3, p. 592.
* 13. UBS3, p. 622.
* 14. Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Stuttgart 2001), pp. 573-573.
* 15. 1 Timothy 3:16 in Codex Alexandrinus at the Bible Research
* 16. UBS3, pp. 761-762.
* 17. Horne, An Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament (1856), p. 357.
* 18. Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
* 19. J. M. A. Scholz, Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments (Leipzig, 1823), p. 105
* 20. Cozza-Luzi, Giuseppe (1893). Codices manuscripti graeci ottoboniani Bibliothecae Vaticanae descripti praeside Alphonso cardinali Capecelatro archiepiscopo Capuano. London: Ex Typographeo Vaticano. p. 161.
* 21. C. v. Tischendorf, Novum Testamentum Graece. Editio Septima, Lipsiae 1859, p. CCXX.
* 22. C. v. Tischendorf, Novum Testamentum Graece. Editio Septima, Lipsiae 1859, p. CCXXIII.
* 23. Ernesto Feron; Fabiano Battaglini (1893). Codices manuscripti Graeci Ottoboniani bibliothecae Vaticanae. 2. Rome. p. 161.
* 24. Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 26th edition, p. 623. [NA26]

== Further reading ==
* [[Thomas Hartwell Horne]], ''Introduction to the holy scriptures'', London, 11. ed. (1863), vol. 4, p.&nbsp;217
* Eduard Riggenbach, [http://www.archive.org/stream/MN41946ucmf_6#page/n17/mode/2up ''Das Comma Johanneum (microform) : ein nachgelassenes Werk''] (Gütersloh 1928)

== External links ==
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts501-1000.html#m629 Minuscule 629 (GA)] at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism''

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