Minuscule 512

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Minuscule 512
Text	Gospels
Date	14th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Christ Church, Oxford
Size	24.2 cm by 17.5 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V

Minuscule 512 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 441 (in the Soden numbering),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.^[2] Scrivener labelled it by number 498. The manuscript has complex contents. It was adapted for liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 210 parchment leaves (size 24.2 cm by 17.5 cm).^[2] It is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.^[3]

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given the at the margin, and some τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.^[3][4]

It contains tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, αναγνωσεις (lessons), Synaxarion, Menologion, lectionary markings (much of this rubricated), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, στιχοι, and portraits of the Evangelists.^[4][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 K^x.^[5] Aland placed it in Category V.^[6] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the K^r in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.^[5]

It lacks text of Luke 22:43-44.

History

The manuscript was written by Gregorius. Formerly it belonged to the monastery of Nicholas του καλοχωριου. In 1724 it belonged to presbyter Nicholas.^[4] The manuscript came to England about 1731 and was presented to archbishop of Canterbury, William Wake, together with minuscules 73, 74, 506-520. Wake presented it to the Christ Church College in Oxford.^[4]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (498) and C. R. Gregory (512).^[3] Gregory saw it in 1883.^[4]

It is currently housed at the Christ Church (Wake 28) in Oxford.^[2]

See also

Bible portal

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

References

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ ^{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. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 247. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d e} Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 198. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n211/mode/2up. 
5. ^ ^{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. 62. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4. 
6. ^ 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

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 198. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n211/mode/2up. 

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