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{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = '''629'''
| image = Codex Ottobonianus (1 John 5,7-8).PNG
| isize =
| caption= Comma Johanneum; [[Thomas Hartwell Horne|Horne's]] facsimile edition
| name = Codex Ottobonianus graecus 298
| sign =
| text = [[New Testament]] (except Gospels and Revelation) †
| script = [[Latin language|Latin]]–[[Greek language|Greek]]
| date = 14th century
| found =
| now at = [[Vatican Library]]
| cite =
| size = {{×|17.1|12.1}}
| type = Vulgate text / [[Byzantine text-type]], other
| cat = III
| hand =
| note =
}}

'''Minuscule 629''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 460 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]]),<ref name = Gregory1908>{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|authorlink=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n81/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=70}}</ref> is a [[Latin language|Latin]]–[[Greek language|Greek]] [[diglot]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. It is known as ''Codex Ottobonianus''. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is [[Lacuna (manuscript)|lacunose]].<ref name = Aland>K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''[[Walter de Gruyter]]'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 84.</ref> It is known for the [[Comma Johanneum]].

Formerly it was labeled by 162a and 200p. Currently it is designated by the number 629.

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[General epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]], on 265 parchment leaves (size {{×|17.1|12.1}}), with [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] at the beginning and end (Acts 1:1-2:27; Revelation 18:22-22:21). The text is written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> The Latin text is alongside the Greek, the Greek column on the right.<ref name = Scrivener>{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
| coauthors = Edward Miller
| title = [[A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament]]
| publisher = [[George Bell & Sons]]
| year = 1894
| location = London
| edition = 4
| volume = 1
| page = 295
| url =
| doi =
| id =
| isbn = }}</ref>

It contains Prolegomena at the beginning and subscriptions at the end of each sacred book.<ref name = Scrivener/><ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| pages = 277–278
| url = http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n289/mode/2up
| isbn = }}</ref>
The words are moved very often or put in Latin order, even division of the lines and syllables follow the Latin order.<ref name = Gregory/>

The order of books is [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[General epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]]. [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] is placed after [[Epistle to Philemon]].<ref name = Gregory/>

== Text ==
[[File:Minuscule 629 (1 Cor. 1).jpg|thumb|The beginning of 1. Corinthians]]

The Greek text of the codex has been revised according to the [[Vulgate]].<ref name = Gregory/><ref name = Metzger>[[Bruce M. Metzger]], [[Bart D. Ehrman]], "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", ''[[Oxford University Press]]'' (New York – Oxford, 2005), p. 147.</ref> The Greek text is made to conform to the Vulgate Latin text, but the assimilation is far from complete. It has some [[Western text-type|Western]] elements in the Pauline epistles.<ref>[http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts501-1000.html#m629 ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'']</ref>

[[Kurt Aland|Kurt]] and [[Barbara Aland]] placed the Greek text of the codex in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]].<ref>{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| authorlink = Kurt Aland
| coauthors = [[Barbara Aland]]; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
| publisher = [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]]
| year = 1995
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = 139
| url =
| doi =
| id =
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref> In the General epistles it has the number of singular readings.<ref>[http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts501-1000.html#m629 Minuscule 629 (GA)] at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism''</ref> It has some unusual readings added by a later hand.<ref name = Scrivener/>

It has a unique reading of Acts 8:37, specifically mentioning the eunuch.

In Romans 8:1 it reads Ιησου κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν, for Ιησου (as א, B, D, G, 1739, 1881, itd, g, copsa, bo, eth). The reading of the manuscript is supported by [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]], [[Codex Claromontanus|Db]], [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]], [[Minuscule 81|81]], 2127, vg. The Byzantine manuscripts read Ιησου μη κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν αλλα κατα πνευμα.<ref>UBS3, p. 548. </ref>

In 1 Corinthians 7:5 it reads τη προσευχη (''prayer'') along with [[Papyrus 11|<math>\mathfrak{P}</math>11]], [[Papyrus 46|<math>\mathfrak{P}</math>46]], א*, A, [[Codex Vaticanus|B]], C, D, [[Codex Augiensis|F]], [[Codex Boernerianus|G]], P, Ψ, [[Minuscule 6|6]], [[Minuscule 33|33]], 81, [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 181|181]], 630, [[Minuscule 1739|1739]], 1877, 1881, 1962, it, vg, cop, arm, eth. Other manuscripts read τη νηστεια και τη προσευχη (''fasting and prayer'') or τη προσευχη και νηστεια (''prayer and fasting'').<ref>NA26, p. 450. </ref><ref>UBS3, p. 591. </ref>

In 1 Corinthians 7:14 it reads ανδρι τω πιστω for αδελφω. The reading is supported only by Old Latin manuscripts (ar, c, dem, t, x, z) and [[Peshitta]].<ref>UBS3, p. 592. </ref>

It has singular reading in 2 Corinthians 2:10 – τηλικουτου κινδυνου; other manuscripts read τηλικουτου θανατου or τηλικουτων θανατων.<ref>UBS3, p. 622. </ref>

In [[First Epistle to Timothy|1 Timothy]] 3:16 it has textual variant {{lang|grc|θεός ἐφανερώθη}} (''God manifested'') (Sinaiticuse, [[Codex Alexandrinus|A2]], [[Codex Ephraemi|C2]], [[Codex Claromontanus|Dc]], [[Codex Mosquensis I|K]], [[Codex Angelicus|L]], [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]], [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]], [[Minuscule 81|81]], [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 181|181]], [[Minuscule 326|326]], [[Minuscule 330|330]], [[Minuscule 436|436]], [[Minuscule 451|451]], [[Minuscule 614|614]], [[Minuscule 630|630]], 1241, [[Minuscule 1739|1739]], 1877, 1881, 1962, 1984, 1985, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect), against ὃς ἐφανερώθη (''he was manifested'') supported by Sinaiticus, [[Codex Alexandrinus]], [[Codex Ephraemi|Ephraemi]], [[Codex Boernerianus|Boernerianus]], [[Minuscule 33|33]], [[Minuscule 365|365]], [[Minuscule 442|442]], 2127, [[Lectionary 599|'''ℓ''' ''599'']].<ref>[[Bruce M. Metzger]], ''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament'' ([[Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft]]: Stuttgart 2001), pp. 573-573.</ref><ref>[http://www.bible-researcher.com/alexandrinus4.html 1 Timothy 3:16 in Codex Alexandrinus] at the Bible Research</ref>

In Hebrews 8:11 it reads πλησιον for πολιτην — [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]], [[Minuscule 81|81]], [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 436|436]], [[Minuscule 630|630]], and 1985.<ref>UBS3, pp. 761-762. </ref>

It contains a unique reading of the [[Comma Johanneum]] written in ''prima manu''.<ref name = Metzger/>

{|cellspacing=10 style="background-color:transparent;"
:::::::: Comma Johanneum
|valign=top|
::: Quia tres sunt
: qui testimonium dant in
: celo, pater, verbum, et spiritus sanctus,
: et hi tres unum sunt. Et
: tres sunt qui testimonium
: dant in terra, spiritus, aqua et
: sanguis. Si testimonium
|align=top|
::: Ὃτι τρεῖς εἰσιν
: οἱ μαρτυροῦντες ἀπὸ τοῦ
: οὐρανοῦ, Πατὴρ, Λόγος καὶ Πνεῦμα ἅγιον
: καὶ οἱ τρεῖς εἰς τὸ ἕν εἰσι καὶ
: τρεῖς εἰσὶν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες
: ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ὕδωρ
: καὶ τὸ αἷμα, εἰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν.<ref>Horne, ''An Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament'' (1856), p. 357.</ref>
|}

== History ==
[[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|Scrivener]] dated the manuscript to the 15th century,<ref name = Scrivener/> [[Caspar René Gregory|Gregory]] and [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] to the 14th century.<ref name = Aland/><ref name = Gregory/> However, the [[Institute for New Testament Textual Research]] dates it to the 14th century.<ref name = INTF>[http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste] at the Münster Institute</ref>

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz]], who examined a major part of the manuscript.<ref>J. M. A. Scholz, [http://books.google.pl/books?id=RuAUAAAAYAAJ&dq=&printsec=frontcover&source#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Biblisch-kritische Reise in Frankreich, der Schweiz, Italien, Palästine und im Archipel in den Jahren 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821: Nebst einer Geschichte des Textes des Neuen Testaments''] (Leipzig, 1823), p. 105</ref> It was examined by [[Henry Alford]]. A facsimile of the passage 1 John 5:7-8 (''Comma Johanneum'') was traced in 1829 by Cardinal Wiseman for Bishop Burgess, and published by [[Thomas Hartwell Horne|Horne]] in several editions of his ''Introduction'', as also by Tregelles.<ref name = Scrivener/> It was examined and described by [[Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi]].<ref>{{Cite book
| last = Cozza-Luzi
| first = Giuseppe
| authorlink = Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi
| title = Codices manuscripti graeci ottoboniani Bibliothecae Vaticanae descripti praeside Alphonso cardinali Capecelatro archiepiscopo Capuano
| publisher = Ex Typographeo Vaticano
| year = 1893
| location = London
| page = 161
| url = http://www.archive.org/stream/codicesmanuscri00cozzgoog#page/n229/mode/2up
| isbn = }} </ref> [[C. R. Gregory]] saw the manuscript in 1886.<ref name = Gregory/>

Formerly it was labeled by 162a<ref>C. v. Tischendorf, [http://www.archive.org/stream/novumtestamentu00tiscgoog#page/n244/mode/2up ''Novum Testamentum Graece. Editio Septima''], Lipsiae 1859, p. CCXX.</ref> and 200p.<ref>C. v. Tischendorf, [http://www.archive.org/stream/novumtestamentu00tiscgoog#page/n246/mode/2up ''Novum Testamentum Graece. Editio Septima''], Lipsiae 1859, p. CCXXIII.</ref> In 1908 Gregory gave the number 629 to it.<ref name = Gregory1908/>

It was examined and described by Ernesto Feron and Fabiano Battaglini.<ref>{{Cite book
| author1 = Ernesto Feron
| author2 = Fabiano Battaglini
| title = Codices manuscripti Graeci Ottoboniani bibliothecae Vaticanae
| publisher =
| year = 1893
| location = Rome
| volume = 2
| page = 161
| url = http://archive.org/stream/codicesmanuscrip00bibluoft#page/160/mode/2up
| isbn = }}</ref>

The manuscript was cited in the 26th and 27th edition of the ''[[Novum Testamentum Graece]]'' of Nestle-Aland.<ref>Nestle-Aland, ''Novum Testamentum Graece'', 26th edition, p. 623. [NA26]</ref>

The manuscript currently is housed at the [[Vatican Library]] (Ottobonianus graecus 298), in [[Rome]].<ref name = Aland/><ref name = INTF/>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Bible}}

* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==

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== Further reading ==
* [[Thomas Hartwell Horne]], ''Introduction to the Holy Scriptures'', London, 11. ed. (1863), vol. 4, p. 217
* Eduard Riggenbach, [http://www.archive.org/stream/MN41946ucmf_6#page/n17/mode/2up ''Das Comma Johanneum (microform) : ein nachgelassenes Werk''] (Gütersloh 1928)

== External links ==
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts501-1000.html#m629 Minuscule 629 (GA)] at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism''

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[[Category:14th-century biblical manuscripts]]
[[Category:Vulgate manuscripts]]
[[Category:Manuscripts of the Vatican Library]]

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