| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Acts of the Apostles, Pauline epistles † |
|---|---|
| Date | 10th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Size | 20.8 cm by 16 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Hand | correctly written |
| Note | very lacunose |
Minuscule 602 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 61 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.[2] The manuscript is very lacunose. Formerly it was labeled by 122a and 143p.[3]
The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles on 248 parchment leaves (size 20.8 cm by 16 cm),[2] with numerous lacunae (James, Philipians-2 Thess., 2 Timothy-Hebrews). The text is written in one column per page, 17 lines per page.[2]
It contains Prolegomena, the κεφαλαια (chapters), τιτλοι (titles), subscriptions at the end of each book, and στιχοι.[4]
Acts 13:48-15:22; 15:29-16:36; 17:4-18:26; 20:16-28:17; 1 Peter 2:20-3:2; 3:17-5:14; 2 Peter 1:1-3.18; 1 John 1:1-3:5; 3:21-5:9; 2 John 8-13; 3 John 1-10; Jude 7-25; Romans 1:1-4:16; 4:24-7:9; 7:18-16:24; 1 Cor 1:1-28; 2:13-8:1; 9:6-14:2; 14:10-16:24; 2 Cor 1:1-13:13; Gal 1:1-10; 2:4-6:18; Eph 1:1-18; 1 Ti 1:14-5:5.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[6] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[4]
The manuscript currently is housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 105), at Paris.[2]