Minuscule 586 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 417 ( von Soden), is a Greek

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of the

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''

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'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 81. The manuscript is lacunose. It was labeled by Scrivener as 455.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

s on 239 leaves (size ) with only one

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(Matthew 1:1–20). It is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page, in neat and small hand. It contains ''argumentum'', lists of the before every Gospel, numerals of the at the margin, (not ), lectionary markings, incipits, (''lessons''), subscriptions (doubled), , liturgical books (

Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; el, Συναξάριον, from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of ''synaxis'' and ''synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; cop, ⲥⲩⲛⲁ ...

and

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). There is not a division according to the Ammonian Sections and the Eusebian Canons; without pictures and decorations. It has one leaf added by a later hand with Gospel Harmony.

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 ...

classified it to the textual family K^r. Aland placed it in Category V. According to Wisse's Profile Method it represents the textual family K^r in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.

History

The manuscript currently housed in at the

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(G. 5, α M 9. 14 (II A 5)), at

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