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{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form   = Minuscule
| number = '''630'''
| image  = 
| isize  = 
| caption= 
| name   = Ottobonianus gr. 325
| sign   = 
| text   = [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[Catholic epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]]
| script = [[Greek language|Greek]]
| date   = 12th/13th century
| found  = 
| now at = [[Vatican Library]]
| cite   = 
| size   = {{×|19.3|12.6}}
| type   = mixed
| cat    = III
| hand   = 
| note   = 
}}

'''Minuscule 630''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), α 461 ([[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 [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on paper. It is known as ''Codex Ottobonianus''. [[Palaeography|Palaeographically]] it has been assigned to the 12th or 13th century. 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> Formerly it was labeled by 163<sup>a</sup> and 201<sup>p</sup>.<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]], vol. 1
 | publisher = [[George Bell & Sons]]
 | year = 1894
 | location = London
 | edition = 4
 | page = 296
 | url = 
 | doi = 
 | isbn = }}</ref>

== Description ==

The codex contains the text of the [[Acts of the Apostles]], [[Catholic epistles]], and [[Pauline epistles]], on 215 paper leaves (size {{×|19.3|12.6}}), with [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] (Acts 4:19-5:1). The text is written in one column per page, 26 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> It contains Prolegomena, tables of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (''tables of contents'') before each book, and subscriptions at the end of each book.<ref name = Gregory>{{Cite book
 | last = Gregory
 | first = Caspar René
 | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory
 | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
 | publisher = Hinrichs
 | year = 1900
 | location = Leipzig
 | volume = 1
 | page = 278
 | url = http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n291/mode/2up
 | isbn = }}</ref><ref name = Scrivener/>

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

== Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the [[Text types|text-types]]. [[Kurt Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category III|Category III]].<ref name = Kurt>{{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 = 133
 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
 | doi = 
 | id = 
 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref>
Aland gave for it the following textual profile: Acts 45<sup>1</sup> 24<sup>1/2</sup> 18<sup>2</sup> 10<sup>S</sup>; Cath 47<sup>1</sup> 7<sup>1/2</sup> 35<sup>2</sup> 14<sup>S</sup>; Paul 171<sup>1</sup> 44<sup>1/2</sup> 28<sup>2</sup> 10<sup>S</sup>.<ref name = Kurt/>

; Textual variants

In Acts 16:10 it reads θεος along with [[Papyrus 74|P<sup>74</sup>]], Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Vaticanus, Ephraemi, [[Codex Laudianus|E]], [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|044]], [[Minuscule 33|33]], [[Minuscule 81|81]], [[Minuscule 181|181]], [[Minuscule 326|326]], 945, 1739, ar, e, l, vg, cop<sup>bo</sup>, geo; other reading κυριος, is supported by D, P, [[Uncial 049|049]], [[Uncial 056|056]], [[Uncial 0142|0142]], [[Minuscule 88|88]], [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 330|330]], [[Minuscule 436|436]], [[Minuscule 451|451]], [[Minuscule 614|614]], [[Minuscule 629|629]], 1241, 1505, 1877, 2127, 2412, 2492, 2495, Byz, c, d, [[Codex Gigas|gig]], syr<sup>p,h</sup>, cop<sup>sa</sup>.<ref>NA26, p. 480</ref>

In Romans 8:1 it reads Ιησου κατα σαρκα περιπατουσιν αλλα κατα πνευμα, for Ιησου. The reading of the manuscript is supported by א<sup>c</sup>, [[Codex Claromontanus|D<sup>c</sup>]], [[Codex Mosquensis I|K]], [[Codex Porphyrianus|P]], [[Minuscule 33|33]], [[Minuscule 88|88]], [[Minuscule 104|104]], [[Minuscule 181|181]], [[Minuscule 326|326]], [[Minuscule 330|330]], ([[Minuscule 436|436]] omit μη), [[Minuscule 456|456]], [[Minuscule 614|614]], [[Minuscule 1241|1241]], 1877, 1962, [[Minuscule 1984|1984]], [[Minuscule 1985|1985]], 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect.<ref>UBS3, p. 548. </ref>

In 1 Corinthians 7:5 it reads τη προσευχη (''prayer'') along with [[Papyrus 11|<math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>11</sup>]], [[Papyrus 46|<math>\mathfrak{P}</math><sup>46</sup>]], א*, A, [[Codex Vaticanus|B]], C, D, F, G, P, Ψ, [[Minuscule 6|6]], 33, [[Minuscule 81|81]], 104, 181, 629, [[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 15:47 it has singular reading δευτερος ο κυριος for δευτερος ανθρωπος (א*, B, C, D, F, G, [[Uncial 0243|0243]], 33, 1739, it, vg, cop<sup>bo</sup> eth) or δευτερος ανθρωπος ο κυριος (א<sup>c</sup>, A, D<sup>c</sup>, K, P, Ψ, 81, 104, 181, 326, 330, 436, 451, 614, 629, 1241, 1739<sup>mg</sup>, 1877, 1881, 1984, 1985, 2127, 2492, 2495, Byz, Lect).<ref>UBS3, p. 616. </ref>

In 2 Corinthians 2:10 it reads τηλικουτων θανατων, along with [[Papyrus 46|p<sup>46</sup>]], 1739<sup>c</sup>, it<sup>d,e</sup>, syr<sup>p,h</sup>, goth; other manuscripts read τηλικουτου θανατου or τηλικουτου κινδυνου.<ref>UBS3, p. 622. </ref>

In 2 Corinthians 11:14 it has reading ου θαυμα as codices Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, Bezae, [[Codex Augiensis|Augiensis]], [[Codex Boernerianus|Boernerianus]], [[Codex Porphyrianus|Porphyrianus]], [[Uncial 098|098]], [[Uncial 0243]], [[Minuscule 6]], [[Minuscule 33|33]], [[Minuscule 81|81]], [[Minuscule 326|326]], [[Minuscule 365|365]], 1175, [[Minuscule 1739|1739]], 1881, [[Minuscule 2464|2464]]; the majority has reading ου θαυμαστον (D<sup>2</sup>, Ψ, [[Uncial 0121a|0121a]], Byz).<ref>NA26, p. 488 </ref>

In [[First Epistle to Timothy|1 Timothy]] 3:16 it has textual variant {{lang|grc|θεός ἐφανερώθη}} (''God manifested'') (Sinaiticus<sup>e</sup>, A<sup>2</sup>, C<sup>2</sup>, D<sup>c</sup>, K, L, P, 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 629|629]], 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]], 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 629|629]], and 1985.<ref>UBS3, pp. 761-762. </ref>

== History ==

[[F. H. A. Scrivener]] and [[C. R. Gregory]] dated the manuscript to the 14th century.<ref name = Scrivener/><ref name = Gregory/><ref name = Aland/> Actually it is dated by the [[Institute for New Testament Textual Research|INTF]] to the 12th or 13th century.<ref name = INTF>{{Cite web |url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=30630 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |accessdate=23 January 2011 |location=Münster}} </ref>

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz]], who slightly examined a major part of the manuscript.<ref>J. M. A. 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) </ref> 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 = 172
 | url = http://www.archive.org/stream/codicesmanuscri00cozzgoog#page/n241/mode/2up
 | isbn = }} </ref>
[[C. R. Gregory]] saw the manuscript in 1886.<ref name = Gregory/>

Formerly it was labeled by 163<sup>a</sup> and 201<sup>p</sup>. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 630 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 = 172
 | url = http://archive.org/stream/codicesmanuscrip00bibluoft#page/172/mode/2up
 | isbn = }}</ref>

The manuscript is cited by critical editions of the [[Novum Testamentum Graece|Greek New Testament]]: NA26, NA27, and UBS3.

The manuscript currently is housed at the [[Vatican Library]] (Ottob. gr. 325), at [[Rome]].<ref name = Aland/><ref name = INTF/>

== See also ==

* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]
* [[Family 1739]]

== References ==

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== Further reading ==

* Thomas C. Geer, ''Family 1739 in Acts'' (Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series, 1994)

== External links ==
{{Portal|Bible}}
* [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts501-1000.html#m630 Minuscule 630 (GA)] at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism''


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