Minuscule 531 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 278 (in Soden's numbering), is a Greek

minuscule Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...

manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. It was adapted for liturgical use.

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are incomplete. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

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and Gospel of Luke on 96 parchment leaves (size ) 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. 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).

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.

Hermann von Soden Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist. Life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...

included it to the textual family K^x. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 10. In Luke 20 no profile was made because of defect of the codex.

History

The manuscript was bought in Athens in 1884 along with the codex

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. It was examined by William Charles Braithwaite.

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did not see it. The manuscript is currently housed in the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham (Braithwaite Greek MS 1).

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