Minuscule 587

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Minuscule 587
Text	Gospels
Date	12th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Size	22.3 cm by 18.9 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V
Hand	beautifully written

Minuscule 587 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 229 (von Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.^[2] The manuscript has complex contents. It was labeled by Scrivener as 456.^[3]

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 183 parchment leaves (size 22.3 cm by 18.9 cm) with only one lacuna (Matthew 1:1-20). The text is written in one column per page, 25-27 lines per page,^[2] initial letters in silver. It is beautifully written.

It contains prolegomena, lists of the κεφαλαια, numerals of the κεφαλαια at the margin, (not τιτλοι), the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 240 Sections - the last in 16:19), (not references to the Eusebian Canons), and pictures (almost obliterated).^[4]

The last leaf of the codex, contains text of John 21:8-25, was supplemented in the 15th century.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it as a member of the textual family K^x.^[5] Aland placed it in Category V.^[6] According to the Wisse's Profile Method it represents the textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.^[5]

History

The manuscript was added to the List of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener.

The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (M. 48 sup.), at Milan.^[2]

See also

• 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. 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. ^ 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. 243. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 205. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n217/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. 63. 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. p. 205. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n217/mode/2up. 

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