Minuscule 629

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Minuscule 629 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 460 (von Soden),^[] is a Latin–Greek diglot minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is known as Codex Ottobonianus. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose.^[] It is known for the Comma Johanneum.

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, General epistles, and Pauline epistles, on 265 parchment leaves (17.1 x 12.1), 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.^[]

It 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, General epistles, and Pauline epistles. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.^[]

Text

The beginning of 1. Corinthians

The Greek text of the codex has been revised according to the Vulgate.^[][] The Greek text is made to conform to the Vulgate Latin text, but the assimilation is far from complete. It has some Western elements in the Pauline epistles.^[]

Kurt and Barbara Aland 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, it^{d, g}, cop^{sa, bo}, eth). The reading of the manuscript is supported by A, D^b, 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 ¹¹]], 46</sup>]], א*, A, B, C, D, F, G, P, Ψ, 6, 33, 81, 104, 181, 630, 1739, 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.^[]

It has singular reading in 2 Corinthians 2:10 – τηλικουτου κινδυνου; other manuscripts read τηλικουτου θανατου or τηλικουτων θανατων.^[]

In 1 Timothy 3:16 it has textual variant θεός ἐφανερώθη (God manifested) (Sinaiticus^e, A², C², D^c, K, L, P, Ψ, 81, 104, 181, 326, 330, 436, 451, 614, 630, 1241, 1739, 1877, 1881, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect), against ὃς ἐφανερώθη (he was manifested) supported by Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, Ephraemi, Boernerianus, 33, 365, 442, 2127, ℓ 599.^[][]

In Hebrews 8:11 it reads πλησιον for πολιτην — P, 81, 104, 436, 630, and 1985.^[]

It contains a unique reading of the Comma Johanneum written in prima manu.^[]

Comma Johanneum

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 15th century,^[] Gregory and Aland to the 14th century.^[] However, the Institute for New Testament Textual Research dates it to the 14th century.^[]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who examined a major part of the manuscript.^[] It was examined by Henry Alford. 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.^[] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.^[]

Formerly it was labeled by 162^a[] and 200^p.^[] In 1908 Gregory gave the number 629 to it.^[]

The manuscript was cited in the 26th and 27th edition of the Novum Testamentum Graece of Nestle-Aland.<rsup>[]</sup>

The manuscript currently is housed at the Vatican Library (Ottobonianus graecus 298), in Rome.^[][]

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

Further reading

• Thomas Hartwell Horne, 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

• Minuscule 629 (GA) at the Encyclopedia Textual Criticism