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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 563 Text Gospels Date 11th century Script Greek Now at Glasgow University Library Size 14.5 cm by 10.8 cm Type Byzantine / mixed Category none Note in bad condition Minuscule 563 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 160 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] Scrivener labelled it by number 519.[3]
Contents
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 198 parchment leaves (size 14.5 cm by 10.8 cm), with only one lacuna in John 21:19-25. The manuscript was written by many hands.[4] The writing is in one column per page, 20-26 lines per page.[2]
It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια before every Gospel, numerals of the κεφαλαια are given at the margin, the τιτλοι, the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 239 - 16:16), the Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, subscriptions at the end of the Gospels, and pictures.[3][4]
The manuscript has survived in bad condition.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex Hermann von Soden classified to the textual family Kx.[5] Aland did not placed it in any Category.[6] According to Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 10. In Luke it represents mixed text, in Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text.[5]
The text of Matthew 16:2b–3 (Signs of the Times) and John 21:19-25 were omitted by the original scribe.[4]
History
The manuscript was brought from the East by Sir John Chielsey, who presented it to the library in 1650.[4] The manuscript was announced by Gustav Haenel.[3] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Glasgow University Library (Ms. Hunter 219) in Glasgow.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 68. http://www.archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n79/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. 80. ISBN 3110119862.
- ^ a b c d Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 250.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 203. http://www.archive.org/details/textkritikdesne00greggoog.
- ^ 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. 63. 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
- Gustavus Haenel, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum qui in bibliothecis Galliae, Helvetiae, Belgii, Britaniae M., Hispaniae, Lusitaniae Asservantur, Lipsiae 1830.
External links
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 11th-century biblical manuscripts
- University of Glasgow Library collection
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