Minuscule 661 (Gregory-Aland)
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New Testament manuscript |
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| Text | Gospels |
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| Date | 11th century |
| Script | Greek language |
| Now at | Jagiellonian Library |
| Size | 25 cm by 18 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | none |
Minuscule 661 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 179 (von Soden), is a Greek language minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents.Scrivener labelled it by 639e.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 234 parchment leaves (size 25 cm by 18 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page. It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια before every Gospel, and the portrait of the Evangelist is placed only before Gospel of John. There are no Eusebian tables before the Gospels.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), and according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections, the last numbered section in 16:9). The numerals of the κεφαλαια are given at the left margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. The Ammonian Sections are given with a references to the Eusebian Canons (written under Ammonian Sections).
The manuscript contains additional material at the end, "East Canon" for the years 1034-1037.
The Greek text of the codex is representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden lists it to the textual family K1, which is according to him the oldest family of the Byzantine text-type.Kurt Aland did not examine the Greek text of the codex by his method of thousand readings, and therefore he did not place it in any Category. The text of the manuscript was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.
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