Minuscule 593

New Testament manuscripts
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Minuscule 593
Text	Gospels †
Date	13th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Biblioteca Marciana
Size	24.5 cm by 17.5 cm
Type	Byzantine text-type
Category	V
Note	marginalia

Minuscule 593 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 319 (von Soden),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.^[2] The manuscript is lacunose. It was labelled by Scrivener as 462.^[3] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Mark 1:44-Luke 24:53; John 1:15-11:13 on 153 parchment leaves (size 24.5 cm by 17.5 cm) with lacunae. It is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.^[2]

It contains lists of the κεφαλαια are given before Gospels, numerals of the κεφαλαια are placed at the margin, the τιτλοι at the top. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 237 Sections - the last in 16:15), but without a references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains lectionary markings, and incipits.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden suggested that it is related to the textual families Π^a and Π^b.^[5]

Aland placed it in Category V.^[6] According to Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Π266 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.^[5]

History

It was wrongly called an Evangelistarium in the Supplementary Catalogue.^[3]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. It was examined by Dean Burgon.

The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I,58 (1214)), at Venice.^[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. 69. 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. 82.
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. 243. 
4. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 206. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n219/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. 206. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n219/mode/2up. 

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