Minuscule 563 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 160 (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 519.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four

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s on 198 parchment leaves (size ), with only one

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in John 21:19-25. The manuscript was written by many hands. The writing is in one column per page, 20-26 lines per page. It contains the tables of the before every Gospel, numerals of the are given at the margin, the , the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 239 - 16:16), the

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, lectionary markings, subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels, and pictures. The manuscript has survived in bad condition.

Text

The Greek text of the codex

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classified to the textual family K^x. Aland did not placed it in any

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. According to

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it represents the textual family K^x in Luke 10. In Luke it represents mixed text, in Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text. The text of Matthew 16:2b–3 (''Signs of the Times'') and John 21:19-25 were omitted by the original scribe.

History

The manuscript contains the inscription "ex libris Domini Johannis Chesselaei", and seems to have been presented to

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by Sir John Chessley about 1650. The manuscript was announced by Gustav Haenel. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. Currently the manuscript is housed at the

(MS 219) in

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.University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections: MS 219: Quatuor Evangelia, Late 11th-early 12th

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