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Minuscule 617 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), O 13 ( von Soden), is a
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of the
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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''
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'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 83.
The manuscript is lacunose.
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labeled it by 140a, 215p, and 74r.


Description

The codex contains the text of the
New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...
except
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s on 164 parchment leaves (size ), with two large lacunae (Acts 1:8-19:12; Galatians 2:21-1 Timothy 4:10). The lacking texts were supplemented by two hands on paper in the 13th century. The text is written in two columns per page, 31 lines per page. It contains Prolegomena, , some notes to the Acts, and numerous notes to the Pauline and Catholic epistles. It has
Euthalian Apparatus The Euthalian Apparatus is a collection of additional editorial material, such as divisions of text, lists, and summaries, to the New Testament's Book of Acts, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. This additional material appears at the beginn ...
, but incomplete. The text of Epistles is surrounded by a catena, the Apocalypse has a commentary. It contains treatise of
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'' and twelve apostles (as codices 82, 93,
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,
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,
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). The order of books: Acts of the Apostles,
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, Catholic epistles, and
Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book o ...
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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 ...
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Text

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did not place the Greek text of the codex in any
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History

The manuscript belonged to the metropolitan of Ephesus Neophytus in 1481. It was bought for the library in "Gallicio" in 1624. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by
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. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. The text of the Apocalypse was collated by
Herman C. Hoskier Herman Charles Hoskier (1864–1938), was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier (1832–1904). Hoskier, as textual critic, generally but not entirely supported the Byzantine text-type against th ...
.Herman C. Hoskier, ''Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers.'' 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 238-239. Formerly it was labeled by 140a, 215p, and 74r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 617 to it. The manuscript currently is housed at the
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(Gr. Z. 546 (786)), at
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See also

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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� ...
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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-li ...
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Textual criticism Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts or of printed books. Such texts may range in ...


References


Further reading

* Herman C. Hoskier, ''Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse: Collation of All Existing Available Greek Documents with the Standard Text of Stephen’s Third Edition Together with the Testimony of Versions, Commentaries and Fathers.'' 1 vol. (London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 1929), pp. 238–239. {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0617 Greek New Testament minuscules 11th-century biblical manuscripts