Minuscule 629 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), α 460 (
von Soden),
is a
Latin
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–
Greek
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diglot
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minuscule
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manuscript
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of the
New Testament
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, on parchment. It is known as ''Codex Ottobonianus''.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is
lacunose
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Weathering, decay, and other damage to o ...
.
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", '']Walter de Gruyter
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History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 84. It is known for the
Comma Johanneum
The Johannine Comma ( la, Comma Johanneum) is an interpolated phrase (comma) in verses of the First Epistle of John.
The text (with the comma in italics and enclosed by square brackets) in the King James Bible reads:
It became a touchpoint fo ...
.
Formerly it was labeled by 162
a and 200
p. Currently it is designated by the number 629.
Description
The codex contains the text of the
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 ...
,
General 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 ...
, and
Pauline epistles
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, on 265 parchment leaves (size ), with
lacunae at the beginning and end (Acts 1:1-2:27; Revelation 18:22-22:21). The text is written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page.
[ The Latin text is alongside the Greek, the Greek column on the right.]
The Latin column contains Prolegomena at the beginning and subscriptions at the end of each sacred book.
The words are moved very often or put in Latin order; even division of the lines and syllables follow the Latin order.[
The order of books is ]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 ...
, General 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 ...
, and 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 ...
. Epistle to the Hebrews
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The text does not mention the name of its author, but was traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle. Mos ...
is placed after Epistle to Philemon
The Epistle to Philemon is one of the books of the Christian New Testament. It is a prison letter, co-authored by Paul the Apostle with Timothy, to Philemon, a leader in the Colossian church. It deals with the themes of forgiveness and re ...
.[
]
Text
The Greek text of the codex has been revised according to the Vulgate
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.Bruce M. Metzger
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, Bart D. Ehrman
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, "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", ''Oxford University Press
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'' (New York – Oxford, 2005), p. 147. The Greek text is made to conform to the Vulgate Latin text, but the assimilation is far from complete. It has some Western
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elements in the Pauline epistles.
Kurt and Barbara Aland
Barbara Aland, née Ehlers (born 12 April 1937 in Hamburg, Germany) is a German theologian and was a Professor of New Testament Research and Church History at Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster until 2002.
Biography
After having c ...
placed the Greek text of the codex in Category III. In the General epistles it has the number of singular readings. It has some unusual readings added by a later hand.[
It has a unique 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, itd, g, copsa, bo, eth). The reading of the manuscript is supported by A, Db, Ψ, 81, 2127, vg. The Byzantine manuscripts read Ιησου μη κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν αλλα κατα πνευμα.
In 1 Corinthians 7:5 it reads τη προσευχη (''prayer'') along with 𝔓11, 𝔓46, א*, A, B, C, D, F, G, P, Ψ, 6, 33, 81, ]104 104 may refer to:
*104 (number), a natural number
*AD 104, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 104 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
* 104 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route
*Hundred and Four (or Council of 104), a Carthagini ...
, 181
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, 630, 1739
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
* January 3: A 7.6 earthquake shakes the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ...
, 1877, 1881, 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'').
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
The Peshitta ( syc, ܦܫܺܝܛܬܳܐ ''or'' ') is the standard version of the Bible for churches in the Syriac tradition, including the Maronite Church, the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Syriac Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the ...
.
It has singular reading in 2 Corinthians 2:10 – τηλικουτου κινδυνου; other manuscripts read τηλικουτου θανατου or τηλικουτων θανατων.
In 1 Timothy
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3:16 it has textual variant (''God manifested'') (Sinaiticuse, A2, C2, Dc, K, L, P, Ψ, 81, 104 104 may refer to:
*104 (number), a natural number
*AD 104, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 104 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
* 104 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route
*Hundred and Four (or Council of 104), a Carthagini ...
, 181
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, 326
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Year 326 ( CCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Constantinus (or, ...
, 330, 436
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, 451
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, 614
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, 630
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, 1241, 1739
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
* January 3: A 7.6 earthquake shakes the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ...
, 1877, 1881, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect), against ὃς ἐφανερώθη (''he was manifested'') supported by Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus
The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manu ...
, Ephraemi, Boernerianus, 33, 365, 442
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* 442 (number)
* AD 442, a year in the 5th century of the Gregorian calendar
* 442 BC, a year in the pre-Julian Roman calendar
*Area code 442
* 4-4-2, a football formation
Astronomy
* 442 Eichsfeldia, a large asteroid
Media ...
, 2127, ℓ ''599''.
In Hebrews 8:11 it reads πλησιον for πολιτην — P, 81, 104 104 may refer to:
*104 (number), a natural number
*AD 104, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 104 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
* 104 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route
*Hundred and Four (or Council of 104), a Carthagini ...
, 436
__NOTOC__
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, 630
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, and 1985.
It contains a unique reading of the Comma Johanneum
The Johannine Comma ( la, Comma Johanneum) is an interpolated phrase (comma) in verses of the First Epistle of John.
The text (with the comma in italics and enclosed by square brackets) in the King James Bible reads:
It became a touchpoint fo ...
written in ''prima manu''.[
]
History
Scrivener
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dated the manuscript to the 15th century,[ Gregory and Aland to the 14th century.][ However, the ]Institute for New Testament Textual Research
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dates it to the 14th century.[ ]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz
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, who examined a major part of the manuscript. It was examined by Henry Alford
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Life
Alford was born in London, of a Somerset family, which had given five consecutive generations of cl ...
. A facsimile of the passage 1 John 5:7-8 (''Comma Johanneum'') was traced in 1829 by Cardinal Wiseman for Bishop Burgess, and published by Horne in several editions of his ''Introduction'', as also by Tregelles.[ It was examined and described by ]Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi (24 December 1837 – 1 June 1905) was an Italian savant and abbot of the Basilian monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome.
Biography
Cozza-Luzi was born in 1837 at Bolsena in the Province of Rome. In early youth he entered the anc ...
. C. R. Gregory
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saw the manuscript in 1886.[
Formerly it was labeled by 162a and 200p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 629 to it.][
It was examined and described by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini.
The manuscript was cited in the 26th and 27th edition of the '']Novum Testamentum Graece
(''The New Testament in Greek'') is a critical edition of the New Testament in its original Koine Greek, forming the basis of most modern Bible translations and biblical criticism. It is also known as the Nestle–Aland edition after its mos ...
'' of Nestle-Aland.[Nestle-Aland, ''Novum Testamentum Graece'', 26th edition, p. 623. ]A26 A26 or A-26 may refer to:
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The manuscript currently is housed at the Vatican Library
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(Ottobonianus graecus 298), in Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
.[
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
The list of New Testament Minuscules ordered by Gregory-Aland index number is divided into three sections:
* List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (1001–2000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (2001– ...
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
* Textual criticism
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References
Further reading
* Thomas Hartwell Horne
Thomas Hartwell Horne (20 October 1780 – 27 January 1862) was an English theologian and librarian.
Life
He was born in London and educated at Christ's Hospital until he was 15 when his father died and he had to work. He then became a clerk ...
, ''Introduction to the Holy Scriptures'', London, 11. ed. (1863), vol. 4, p. 217
* Eduard Riggenbach
''Das Comma Johanneum (microform) : ein nachgelassenes Werk''
(Gütersloh 1928)
External links
* R. Waltz
at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism''
* Vatican Library Onlin
The Comma is at the bottom of page 105v.
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14th-century biblical manuscripts
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