Editing Minuscule 652

'''Minuscule 652''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 1095 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]]),<sup>[1]</sup> is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript has complex contents.<sup>[2]</sup> Scrivener labelled it by 875.<sup>[3]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s, on 305 parchment leaves (size 22.4 cm by 16.7 cm). It is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.<sup>[2]</sup>

It contains [[Epistula ad Carpianum]], the [[Eusebian Canons#The Eusebian Tables|Eusebian tables]], the tables of the [[κεφαλαια]] (''tables of contents''), numerals of the [[κεφαλαια]] (''chapters'') at the margin, the [[τιτλοι]] (''titles''), Ammonian Sections (Mark 234, – 16:9), the [[Eusebian Canons]], (lectionary markings, ''incipits''), [[Synaxarion]], [[Menologion]], subscriptions, and pictures.<sup>[4]</sup>

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Hermann von Soden]] classified it as Kappa text. It was not confirmed by [[Kurt Aland]], who did not place it in any [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts|Category]].<sup>[5]</sup> According to the [[Claremont Profile Method]] it represents textual family [[Family Π|Π<sup>a</sup>]] in Luke 1, and [[Family Kx|K<sup>x</sup>]] in Luke 10 and Luke 20.<sup>[6]</sup>

[[Silva Lake]] discovered that in Mark 4:20-6:24 it represents text of the [[Family 1]].<sup>[7]</sup>

The later hand added in [[Gospel of John|John]] 8:8 on the margin ενος εκαστου αυτων τας αμαρτιας (''sins of every one of them'').<sup>[4]</sup> This textual variant have [[Codex Nanianus]], [[Minuscule 73]], [[Minuscule 95|95]], [[Minuscule 331|331]], [[Minuscule 364|364]], [[Minuscule 700|700]], [[Minuscule 782 (Gregory-Aland)|782]], [[Minuscule 1592|1592]] and some Armenian manuscripts. Minuscule [[Minuscule 264|264]] has this textual variant in John 8:6.<sup>[8]</sup>

== History ==

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 10th or 11th century.<sup>[4]</sup> Currently the manuscript is dated by the [[Institute for New Testament Textual Research|INTF]] to the 10th century.<sup>[9]</sup> 

The manuscript belonged to [[Otto of Greece]] and was brought to Germany in 1879.<sup>[4]</sup>

Gregory saw the manuscript in 1887.<sup>[4]</sup>

The manuscript currently is housed at the [[Bavarian State Library]] (Gr. 594), at [[Munchen]].<sup>[2]</sup><sup>[9]</sup>

== See also ==

* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==

* 1. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1908). [http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n81/mode/2up|Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament]. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 71.
* 2. [[Kurt Aland|K. Aland]], M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 85.
* 3. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|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. 275.
* 4. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). [http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n221/mode/2up Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1]. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 209.
* 5. [[Kurt Aland|Aland, Kurt]]; [[Barbara Aland]]; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]]. p. 133, 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
* 6. Wisse, Frederik (1982). The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]]. p. 64. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
* 7. Studies and Documents, Vol. V (London 1936), pp. 33 ff.
* 8. NA26, pp. 273, 274
* 9. [http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste] at the Münster Institute

== Further reading ==

== External links ==

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:10th-century biblical manuscripts]]