Minuscule 604
Minuscule 604, α 459, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Formerly it was labeled by 125a and 150p.Description
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles on 394 parchment leaves. The text is written in one column per page, 16 lines per page.
It contains Prolegomena at the beginning, lectionary markings at the margin, αναγνωσεις, subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of στιχοι.
The order of books: Acts, Catholic, and Pauline epistles. Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after Epistle to Philemon.Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.History
The manuscript was brought from Constantinople to Paris.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, at Paris.
