Minuscule 627

Minuscule 627
New Testament manuscript
TextNew Testament (except Gospels) †
Date10th century
ScriptGreek
Now atVatican Library
Size27 cm by 20.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Minuscule 627 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 53 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is lacunose.[2] Tischendorf labelled it by 160a, 193p, and 24r.[3] It has unusual order of books: the Book of Revelation is placed between Book of Acts and the Catholic epistles.[4]

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 70.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 295.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gregory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).