Overview
Minuscule 672 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 156 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript is a very lacunose. Scrivener labelled it by 618 e .
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 278 parchment leaves (size ), The tables of the are placed before every Gospel. The text is divided according to the (chapters) with the (titles) at the top. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (partially).
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family K x . Kurt Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Wisse's Profile Method it represents family K x in Luke 10 and Luke 20; in Luke 1 the manuscript is defective.
History
Scrivener and Gregory dated it to the 11th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century. On the last leaf is date of the owner – 1729. The manuscript was bought in 1870. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener and Gregory. Gregory saw it in 1883. It was examined by Hort and Brandshaw. Actually the manuscript is housed at the Cambridge University Library (MS Add.720) in Cambridge.
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules * Biblical manuscript * Textual criticism
Further reading
* Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener, Adversaria Critica Sacra: With a Short Explanatory Introduction (Cambridge, 1893), p. XVIII. (as j)