Minuscule 548 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1015 (in the Soden numbering), is a

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manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printing, printed or repr ...

of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 535.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four

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s on 166 parchment leaves (size ), with one lacunae (John 16:27-19:40). It is written in one column per page, 26 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. There is 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 tables of the (''tables of contents'') before every Gospel, illuminated headpieces, and pictures. There is a musical notation on the first four leaves, and the first nine lines of St. John are in gold.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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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

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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 ...

and

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. In

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.Halle ...

no profile was made.

History

Formerly the manuscript was held in the monastery

Mar Saba The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, known in Arabic and Syriac as Mar Saba ( syr, ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܣܒܐ, ar, دير مار سابا; he, מנזר מר סבא; el, Ἱερὰ Λαύρα τοῦ Ὁσίου Σάββα τοῦ Ἡγιασμέ� ...

. In 1834 Robert Curzon, Lord Zouche, brought this manuscript to England (along with the codices

552 __NOTOC__ Year 552 ( DLII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 552 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era beca ...

553 __NOTOC__ Year 553 ( DLIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 553 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar er ...

, and 554). 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 manuscripts was added to the list of the New Testament manuscript by

F. H. A. 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 ...

(535) and

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(548). It was examined by Scrivener, Burgon, and Gregory (in 1883). It is currently housed at the

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(Add MS 39591) in

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