Minuscule 628 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 400 ( von Soden), is a Greek– Latin diglot

minuscule Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...

manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose.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. Formerly it was labeled by 161^a, 198^p, and 69^r.

Description

The codex contains the text of the New Testament except the four Gospels, on 216 paper leaves (size ), with lacunae at the beginning and end (Acts 1:1-2:27; Revelation 18:22-22:21). It is written in two columns per page, 30-32 lines per page. Text Greek and Latin in parallel columns. It contains Prolegomena, and subscriptions at the end of each book. The order of books:

Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...

Catholic epistles The catholic epistles (also called the general epistlesEncarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "katholieke brieven". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.) are seven epistles of the New Testament. Listed in order of their appearance in ...

Pauline epistles The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest extan ...

, and Book of Revelation. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.

Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...

placed it in Category V.

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 13th century, Gregory and Aland to the 14th century. Actually it is dated by the

INTF The Institute for New Testament Textual Research (german: Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its G ...

to the 14th century.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who slightly examined the whole manuscript. It was examined and described by Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi.

C. R. Gregory C. or c. may refer to: * Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years * Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies * Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...

saw the manuscript in 1886. Herman C. Hoskier collated the text of the Apocalypse. Formerly it was labeled by 161^a, 198^p, and 69^r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 628 to it. It was examined and described by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini. The manuscript currently is housed at the Vatican Library (Ottobonianus gr. 258), at Rome.

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