Minuscule 547 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 157 (in the Soden numbering), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 534.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

(except

Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of ...

) on 348 parchment leaves (size ), with one

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(John 16:27-19:40). The text is written in one column per page, 31 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. The text of the Gospels has also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, (no references to the

Eusebian Canons Eusebian canons, Eusebian sections or Eusebian apparatus, also known as Ammonian sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into chapters and verses used in modern texts d ...

). It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each, (liturgical notes), subscriptions at the end of each book with numbers of , Synaxarion,

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, and Euthalian apparatus. The usual arabesque ornaments are in red. The order of books: Gospels, Acts, Pauline epistles, and Catholic epistles.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family K^rx. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the

Claremont Profile Method The Claremont Profile Method is a method for classifying ancient manuscripts of the Bible. It was elaborated by Ernest Cadman Colwell and his students. Professor Frederik Wisse attempted to establish an accurate and rapid procedure for the classi ...

it represents K^x in

Luke 1 Luke 1 is the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. With 80 verses, it is one of the longest chapters in the New Testament. This chapter describes the birth of John the Baptist and the events leading up ...

Luke 10 Luke 10 is the tenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the sending of seventy disciples by Jesus, the famous parable about the Good Samaritan, and his visit to the house of Mary and Martha.Hall ...

, and

Luke 20 Luke 20 is the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the teaching of Jesus Christ in the temple in Jerusalem, especially his responses to questions raised by the Pharisees and Sadducees.Ha ...

. It creates cluster with the codex 147. The ''

Pericope Adulterae Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (or the ) is a passage (pericope) found in John 7:53– 8:11 of the New Testament. It has been the subject of much scholarly discussion. In the passage, Jesus was teaching in the Second Temple after com ...

'' (John 7:53-8:11) is marked with an

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History

Formerly the manuscript was held in the Karakalou monastery at

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peninsula. In 1837 Robert Curzon, Lord Zouche, brought this manuscript to England (along with the codices

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- 552). The entire collection of Curzon was bequeathed by his daughter in 1917 to the

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, where it had been deposited, by his son, since 1876.Heike Behlmer
''... `As Safe as in the British Museum`: Paul de Lagarde and His Borrowing of Manuscripts from the Collection of Robert Curzon''

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Vol. 89, (2003), pp. 231-238. The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (534) and Gregory (547). It was examined by

Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (September 29, 1813, Bermondsey, Surrey – October 30, 1891, Hendon, Middlesex) was a New Testament textual critic and a member of the English New Testament Revision Committee which produced the Revised Version ...

Dean Burgon John William Burgon (21 August 18134 August 1888) was an English Anglican divine who became the Dean of Chichester Cathedral in 1876. He was known during his lifetime for his poetry and his defence of the historicity and Mosaic authorship of G ...

, and C.R. Gregory. It is currently housed at the

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(Add MS 39590) in London.

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