Codex Montfortianus

Minuscule 61 ( in the Gregory- Aland numbering ), δ 603 ( von Soden ), also known as the Codex Montfortii, is a Greek of the New Testament Minuskelhandschrift to 455 sheets of paper ( 15.8 x 12 cm). Using palaeography was dated the manuscript to the 16th century.

Description

The Code contains the complete text of the New Testament. He has written one column with 21 rows. The manuscript contains Prolegomena, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, images, Ammonianische sections Eusebische canon, signatures and στιχοι. It contains some of Aretha's Scholia.

The books are arranged in this order: Gospels, Pauline Epistles, Acts, Catholic Epistles ( James, Jude, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John), and Revelation of John. The order of the Catholic letters is as in Minuskelkodex 326

The Greek text of the Gospels and Acts represents the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. The text in the remaining books of the New Testament is mixed. Aland places it in Category III.

History

It was the first Greek manuscript that contains the Comma Johanneum in 1 John 5:7-8. The text of the Apocalypse was later added by other hands.

The manuscript once belonged to Thomas Montfort, from which it is named, then James Ussher (as Code 63), which she bequeathed to Trinity College.

The Code is currently in Trinity College ( Ms. 30) in Dublin.