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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 505 
Name Beginning of the Gospel of John, with the decorated headpiece Text Gospels Date 12th century Script Greek Now at British Library Size 12.5 cm by 9.2 cm Type Byzantine text-type Category V Note incomplete marginalia Minuscule 505 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 248 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] Scrivener labelled it by number 567. The manuscript has complex contents. It was adapted for liturgical use.
Contents
Description
The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 226 parchment leaves (size 12.5 cm by 9.2 cm),[2] with 3 modern paper fly-leaves.[3] It is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.[4] The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, (no references to the Eusebian Canons). It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use).[4][5]
Headpieces ornamented with geometric and foliate decoration, titles are written in uncials in colours (folios 1, 65, 105, 174). Decorated initial letters in red.[3] The manuscript was decorated by two artists.[4] The first artist decorated folio 1, a second artist decorated folios 65, 105 and 174 (see image). The text has not liturgical signs.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx.[6] Aland placed it in Category V.[7] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 it has mixed Byzantine text.[6]
History
According to the inscription on folio 64 verso It was once in Genoa. It belonged to John Gibson, a dealer, who sold it for Edward Harley in 1733.[3]
The manuscript was examined by Scholz and wrongly classified by him as Evangelistarium with the number 149 on his list. The manuscript was examined by Scrivener and Gregory.[5] The manuscript was rebound in 1962.[3]
It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (567) and C. R. Gregory (505).[4] Gregory saw it in 1883.[5]
It is currently housed at the British Library (Harley 5538) in London.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 66. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n77/mode/2up.
- ^ a b c Aland, K.; M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 77. ISBN 3110119862.
- ^ a b c d e Harleian 5538 at the British Library
- ^ a b c d Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 256.
- ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchahndlung. p. 197. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n209/mode/2up.
- ^ a b Wisse, Frederik (1982). The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 61. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ^ Aland, Kurt; Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: [n. pub.], 1808–12), III (1808), no. 5538.
- Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts (London: British Library, 1999- ), I, p. 103 [with further bibliography].
External links
- Harleian 5538 at the British Library
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 12th-century biblical manuscripts
- Harleian Collection
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