Minuscule 583

New Testament manuscripts
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Minuscule 583
Name	Ms. Pal. 5
Text	Gospels
Date	11th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Biblioteca Palatina
Size	30 cm by 24 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V

Minuscule 583 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 124 (von Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.^[2] The manuscript has complex contents. It was labeled by Scrivener as 452.^[3]

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 285 leaves (size 30 cm by 24 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.^[2]

It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, "hypothesis" (explanatory of using the Eusebian Canons), lists of the κεφαλαια before every Gospel, numerals of the κεφαλαια at the margin, the τιτλοι at the top, the Ammonian sections (in Mark 234 - 16:9), the Eusebian Canons (in the same line as the number of Ammonian Section),^{[n 1]} lectionary markings (for liturgical use), incipits, Synaxarion, Menologion, and numerous pictures.^[4] The first page of the Gospel and some other portions of the manuscript are decorated in gold, with luxurious miniatures.^[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates textual cluster with the minuscule 112.^[6]

History

The manuscript once belonged to the Bonsivi family, then it was transferred to the public library at Lucca.

The manuscript currently housed in at the Biblioteca Palatina (Ms. Pal. 5), at Parma.^[2]

See also

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

Notes

1. ^ In the same way arranged codices 192, 198, 212, 267, 507, 584.

References

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 81.
3. ^ ^{a b} 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. 242. 
4. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 205. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n217/mode/2up. 
5. ^ 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. 
6. ^ 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. 

Further reading

• Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig. p. 205. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n217/mode/2up. 

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