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Minuscule 561 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1289 (in the Soden numbering), is a
According to the INTF it was written in the 13th-century.
The manuscript was written in Italy. It once belonged to Brian Walton in 1656. It was in
Minuscule 561
at the ''CSNTM'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0561 Greek New Testament minuscules 13th-century biblical manuscripts University of Glasgow Library collection
Greek
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minuscule
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manuscript
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of the New Testament
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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.
Scrivener labelled it by number 521.
The manuscript has complex contents. It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the fourGospel
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s on 290 parchment leaves (size ). The manuscript was written by many hands. The writing is in one column per page, 21-25 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numerals are given at the margin, and the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller 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'') are placed before each Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of theByzantine text-type
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. Hermann von Soden classified to the textual family Kx. Aland did not placed it in any Category
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.
According to the Claremont Profile Method
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it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1
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, Luke 10. In Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text.
History
According to the INTF it was written in the 13th-century.
The manuscript was written in Italy. It once belonged to Brian Walton in 1656. It was in Caesar de Missy
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's collection in London in 1748 (along with the codex 560
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, ℓ ''162'', ℓ ''239''). It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (521) and Gregory (561).
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Glasgow University Library
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( Ms. Hunter 476) in Glasgow
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.
See also
*List of New Testament minuscules
The list of New Testament Minuscules ordered by Gregory-Aland index number is divided into three sections:
* List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (1001–2000)
* List of New Testament minuscules (2001– ...
* Biblical manuscript
* Textual criticism
Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts or of printed books. Such texts may range in da ...
* Minuscule 562
Minuscule 562 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 604 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 16th century.
Scrivener labelled it by number 522.
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References
Further reading
* Gustavus Haenel, ''Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum qui in bibliothecis Galliae, Helvetiae, Belgii, Britaniae M., Hispaniae, Lusitaniae Asservantur'', Lipsiae 1830 * W. H. P. Hatch, ''Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament'' (Cambridge, Mass., 1951), LXXI * Ian C. Cunningham, ''Greek Manuscripts in Scotland: summary catalogue, with addendum'' (Edinburgh, 1982), no. 60External links
Minuscule 561
at the ''CSNTM'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0561 Greek New Testament minuscules 13th-century biblical manuscripts University of Glasgow Library collection