Minuscule 531
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Queen's College, Edgbaston |
| Size | 20.3 cm by 15.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Minuscule 531 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 278 (in Soden's numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[1]
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Mark and Gospel of Luke on 96 parchment leaves (size 20.3 cm by 15.5 cm) with a large lacuna at the end of Luke (Luke 17:36-fin.). The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[1]
The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin, with a references to the Eusebian Canons. There is also a lectionary markings at the margin.[2]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx.[3] Aland placed it in Category V.[4] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 no profile was made because of defect of the codex.[3]
History
The manuscript was bought in Athens in 1884 along with the codex 573. It was examined by William Charles Braithwaite.[2]
It is currently housed at the Selly Oak College (Braithwaite 1) in Birmingham.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Aland, K. (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 78. ISBN 3110119862.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b F. Wisse, The Profile Method for Classifying and Evaluating Manuscripts Evidence (Wm. Eerdmans 1982), p. 62.
- ^ Aland, Kurt (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.
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Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 200.
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