Editing Minuscule 669

'''Minuscule 669''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 1025 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), known as ''Benton Gospels'', is a Greek [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. Dated [[Paleography|paleographically]] to the 11th century (or 10th century - Aland).<sup>[1]</sup>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the four [[Gospel]]s on 272 parchment leaves (19.6&nbsp;cm by 16.6&nbsp;cm) with two [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|Lacunae]] (Matthew 1:1-27:58; Luke 1:1-2:16). Written in one column per page, 17 lines per page in minuscule letters. The codex contains κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, pictures, the Ammonian sections, and the [[Eusebian Canons]] numbers. Tables of κεφαλαια and [[Synaxarion]] were added by a later hand.<sup>[3]</sup> 

Luke 22:43.44 and John 5:3.4 marked by [[obelus]].<sup>[2]</sup> 

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Byzantine text-type]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V]].<sup>[3]</sup>
It belongs to the textual family [[Family Kx|Family K<sup>x</sup>]].<sup>[4]</sup>

== History ==

It was written in [[Constantinople]]. The manuscript was brought to America in 1844 from [[Crete]], by George Benton. In 1913 it was presented to the [[General Theological Seminary]] in [[New York City]]. It was examined by [[J. Rendel Harris]]. The manuscript was digitalized by [[Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts|CSNTM]] in 2007. 

Currently it is part of Private Collection Ch. C. Ryrie in Dallas.<sup>[1]</sup>

== See also ==

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

== References ==

*   1. [[Kurt Aland|K. Aland]] Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 87.
*   2. [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory, Caspar René]] (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 211. 
*   3. [[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. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1. 
*   4. F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 64.



== External links ==

* [http://www.csntm.org/Manuscripts/669/ Images of Minuscule 669 at the CSNTM] 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_669 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 669]

== Further reading ==

* J. R. Harris, ''Sunday School Times'' (Philadelphia, 4 June 1887), p. 355. 
* C. C. Edmunds, and W. H. P. Hatch, ''The Gospel Mss. of the General Theological Semianry'', HTS 4 (1918), pp. 7, 50-68. 
* K. W. Clark, ''A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America'' (Chicago, 1937), pp. 83-85.

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[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:11th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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