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New Testament manuscript From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minuscule 531 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 278 (in Soden's numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It was adapted for liturgical use. Marginalia are incomplete. The manuscript is lacunose.
New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke |
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Date | 12th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | University of Birmingham |
Size | 20.3 cm by 15.5 cm |
Type | Byzantine text-type |
Category | V |
Note | incomplete marginalia |
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.[2]
The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin, with references to the Eusebian Canons. There is also a lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use).[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx.[4] Aland placed it in Category V.[5] 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.[4]
The manuscript was bought in Athens in 1884 along with the codex 573. It was examined by William Charles Braithwaite. C. R. Gregory did not see it.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed in the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham (Braithwaite Greek MS 1).[2]
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