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{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form   = Minuscule
| number = '''623'''
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| text   = [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]], [[Catholic epistles]], [[Pauline epistles|Paul]] †
| script = [[Greek language|Greek]]
| date   = 1037
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| now at = [[Vatican Library]]
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| size   = {{×|34.6|27.2}}
| type   = mixed
| cat    = III
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'''Minuscule 623''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 173 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]]),<ref name = Gregory1908>{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n79/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=69}}</ref> is a [[Greek language|Greek]] diglot [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment. It is dated by a [[Colophon (publishing)|colophon]] to the year 1037. The manuscript is 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> [[Constantin von Tischendorf|Tischendorf]] labeled it by 156<sup>a</sup> and 190<sup>p</sup>.<ref name = Scrivener>{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
|author2=Edward Miller
| title = [[A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament]]
| publisher = [[George Bell & Sons]]
| year = 1894
| location = London
| volume = 1
| edition = 4
| page = 295
}}</ref>
== Description ==
The codex contains the text of the [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[Catholic epistles]], [[Pauline epistles]] on 187 parchment leaves (size {{×|34.6|27.2}}) with one [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacuna]] (Acts 1:1-5:4). The text is written in two columns per page, 43-44 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/>
The text is divided according to the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages.<ref name = Gregory/>
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''tables of contents'') before each book, lectionary markings (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, {{lang|grc|στιχοι}}, and [[Euthalian Apparatus]]. The Pauline epistles have a commentary.<ref name = Scrivener/><ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 277
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n289/mode/2up
}}</ref>
The order of books: Book of Acts, [[Catholic epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]]. On the list of the Pauline epistles, the [[Epistle to the Hebrews|Hebrews]] is placed before [[First Epistle to Timothy]].<ref name = Gregory/>
== Text ==
The Greek text of the codex [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]].<ref>{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| author-link2 = Barbara Aland
| others = 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 = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n155 133]
| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref>
Ending of the [[Epistle to the Romans]] has omitted verse 16:24 (as in codices [[Codex Sinaiticus]] [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]] [[Codex Vaticanus|B]] [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]] [[Minuscule 5|5]] [[Minuscule 81|81]] [[Minuscule 263|263]] [[Minuscule 1739|1739]] 1838 1962 [[Minuscule 2127|2127]] it<sup>z</sup> vg<sup>ww</sup> cop<sup>sa,bo</sup> eth<sup>ro</sup> Origen<sup>lat</sup>).<ref>UBS3, p. 576.</ref>
In 1 Corinthians 3:3 it reads ἔρις διχοστασία for ἔρις καί διχοστασίαι ([[Papyrus 46|p<sup>46</sup>]], [[Codex Bezae|D]], [[Minuscule 33|33]], [[Minuscule 88|88]], [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 181|181]], [[Minuscule 326|326]], [[Minuscule 330|330]], [[Minuscule 436|436]], [[Minuscule 451|451]], [[Minuscule 614|614]], [[Minuscule 629|629]], 1241). Other manuscripts have reading ἔρις ([[Papyrus 11|𝔓<sup>11</sup>]], א, B, [[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus|C]], [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]], Ψ, [[Minuscule 81|81]], [[Minuscule 181|181]], 630, [[Minuscule 1739|1739]], 1877, [[Minuscule 1881|1881]], it, vg).<ref>UBS3, p. 583.</ref>
== History ==
The manuscript was written in the city [[Reggio Calabria|Reggio]] for the wish of Nicolas Archbishop of [[Calabria]] by the cleric Theodore from [[Sicily]].<ref name = Scrivener/><ref name = Gregory/> Formerly it was held in [[Grottaferrata]].<ref name = Gregory/>
The manuscript was examined by Zacagni, [[Johann Jakob Wettstein]], [[Johann Jakob Griesbach]], and [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz]]. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz. [[C. R. Gregory]] saw the manuscript in 1886.<ref name = Gregory/>
Formerly, it was labeled by 156<sup>a</sup> and 190<sup>p</sup>. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 623 to it.<ref name = Gregory1908/>
The manuscript is currently housed at the [[Vatican Library]] (Vat. gr. 1650), at [[Rome]].<ref name = Aland/>
== See also ==
{{Portal|Bible}}
* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== Further reading ==
* Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, ''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), pp.&nbsp;99–100.
* [[Kirsopp Lake]]  & Silva Lake, ''Dated  Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200'',  Boston VII, 283.
* [[Bruce M. Metzger]], ''Manuscripts of the Greek Bible'' (Oxford and New York, 1981), p.&nbsp;35.
== External links ==
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts501-1000.html#m623 Minuscule 623 (GA)] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''
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