- Minuscule 597
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New Testament manuscripts
papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionariesMinuscule 597 Text Gospels Date 13th century Script Greek Now at Biblioteca Marciana Size 16.7 cm by 12.5 cm Type Byzantine text-type Category V Minuscule 597 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 340 (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 has complex contents. It was labeled by Scrivener as 464.[3]
Contents
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 259 parchment leaves (size 16.7 cm by 12.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 20-21 lines per page.[2] The lists of the κεφαλαια (chapters) are placed before each Gospel, numerals of the κεφαλαια are given at the left margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top. It contains lectionary markings, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and numbers of στιχοι were added by a later had.[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. According to Scrivener it has remarkable readings,[4] but Hermann von Soden classified it as Kx.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6] According to the Wisse's Profile Method it represents textual group 291 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[5]
History
Formerly it was held in "Archivo" in Venice. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. Dean Burgon collated 16 chapters in the several Gospels. Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]
The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I,59 (1277)), at Venice.[2]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 206. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n219/mode/2up.
- ^ 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. 64. 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
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig. p. 206. http://www.archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n219/mode/2up.
External links
- Minuscule 597 (GA) at the Encyclopedia Textual Criticism
Categories:- Greek New Testament minuscules
- 13th-century biblical manuscripts
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