Minuscule 563

Minuscule 563
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date11th century
ScriptGreek
Now atEdinburgh University Library
Size14.5 cm by 10.8 cm
TypeByzantine / mixed
Categorynone
Notein 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]

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 each 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 contains the inscription "ex libris Domini Johannis Chesselaei", and seems to have been presented to Edinburgh University Library by Sir John Chessley about 1650.[4][7] 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 Edinburgh University Library (MS 219) in Edinburgh.[2][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 68.
  2. ^ 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 3-11-011986-2.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 203.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  7. ^ a b University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections: MS 219: Quatuor Evangelia, Late 11th-early 12th.

Further reading

  • Gustavus Haenel, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum qui in bibliothecis Galliae, Helvetiae, Belgii, Britaniae M., Hispaniae, Lusitaniae Asservantur, Lipsiae 1830.