Minuscule 501 Explained

Minuscule 501 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), 588 (in the Scrivener's numbering), ε 324 (in the Soden numbering),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th-century.^[2] The manuscript was adapted for liturgical use. It is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 157 parchment leaves (size) with some lacunae (Luke 9:14-17:3; 21:15-24:53; John 1:1-18). Some texts were supplied by a later hand (Matthew 1:1-20; Mark 1:1-16; Luke 1:1-20; John 1:38-4:5).^[3]

The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.^[2] The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numerals are given at the margin, and some Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233 sections - the last in 16:19), (without references to the Eusebian Canons).

The tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before every Gospel, and lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use).^{[4] [3]}

It lacks the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) and phrase Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: εγω ουπω αναβαινω εις την εορτην ταυτην in John 7:8. The Pericope Adulterae was added by a later hand.^[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it as a member of the textual family K^x. Aland placed it in Category V.^[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.^[6]

History

It is dated by the INTF to the 13th-century.

The manuscript came from Patmos. In 1834 Borrell presented it to his friend, English chaplain in Smyrna, F. V. J. Arundell. Bloomfield bought it in an auction in 1850.^[4]

Arundell compares it with Codex Ebnerianus, which it very slightly resembles, being larger and far less elegant.^[7]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (588) and C. R. Gregory (501). It was examined by Bloomfield, Scrivener, and Gregory (in 1883).^[4]

It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 18211) in London.

See also

• List of New Testament minuscules
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

Further reading

• F. V. J. Arundell, Discoveries in Asia Minor (London 1834), vol. II, p. 268.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 66.
2. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 76 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 259 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes . J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 196 .
5. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 139 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
6. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 61 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
7. F. V. J. Arundell, Discoveries in Asia Minor (London 1834), vol. II, p. 268.