Minuscule 657


Minuscule 657, ε 180, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th or 12th century. The manuscript is lacunose. Scrivener labelled it by 876e.

Description

The codex contains the text of the New Testament, on 296 parchment leaves with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 21-22 lines per page, in very small letters.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, which numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι at the top. The text of the four Gospels is also divided according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, lists of the κεφαλαια before each book. It contains liturgical books with hagiographies at the end of the codex, and pictures of the Evangelists are placed before each Gospel.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it as Kx. Kurt Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Wisse's Profile Method it belongs to mixed Byzantine text in Luke 1, to the Πa in Luke 10, and to the Kx in Luke 20.

History

dated it to the 11th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th or 12th century.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener. Gregory saw it in 1887.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Berlin State Library, in Berlin.