Minuscule 557
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bodleian Library |
| Size | 22 cm by 15.8 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | none |
| Hand | beautifully written |
Minuscule 557 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 356 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] Scrivener labelled it by number 524.[3]
Description[edit]
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 183 parchment leaves (size 22 cm by 15.8 cm). The writing is in one column per page, 27 lines per page.[2] It is beautifully written.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια are placed before each Gospel, numerals of the κεφαλαια are given at the margin, the τιτλοι at the top of the pages, the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 231 sections - 16:9) imperfectly given, (not the Eusebian Canons), subscriptions, and pictures of the Evangelists.[3][4] The style of writing closely resembles Minuscule 38.[3]
Text[edit]
According to Hermann von Soden it is associated with the Iota text-type. The Greek text of the codex Aland did not place in any Category.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method in Luke 1 and 20 it belongs to the textual family Πa. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[6]
History[edit]
The manuscript was in the possession of Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall until it was transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1981, by arrangement with H. M. Treasury and the executors of the 5th Earl of Leicester. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (as codex 524) and was examined by Dean Burgon.[4]
The manuscripts was added to the list of the New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (524) and C. R. Gregory (557).[3][4]
The manuscript is now housed at the Bodleian Library (Holkham Gr. 114) in Oxford.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 67.
- ^ 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. 79. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ 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. 251.
- ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 202.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 202.
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