Minuscule 642
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New Testament manuscript |
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| Text | Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles † |
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| Date | 14th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Lambeth Palace |
| Size | 21.1 cm by 14.8 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | III/V |
Minuscule 642 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 552 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose.Gregory labelled it by 217a and 273p; Scrivener labelled it by 185a and 255p.
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, on 209 paper leaves (size 21.1 cm by 14.8 cm), with large lacunae (Acts 2:36–3:8; 7:3–59; 12:7–25; 14:8–27; 18:20–19:12; 22:7–23:11; 1 Corinthians 8:12–9:18; 2 Corinthians 1:1–10; Ephesians 3:2-Philemon 1:24; 2 Timothy 4:12-Tit 1:6; Hebrews 7:19–9:12).
The writing is in one column per page, 22–26 lines per page. It was written by four different hands. The breathings and accents are very irregular. Some words are half-written.
N ephelkystikon is rare, and the itacisms are pretty numerous (πνεμα for πνευμα).
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before every book, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters), lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of στιχοι at the margin.
The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.
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