Minuscule 521 Explained

Minuscule 521 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 443 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1321 or 1322.[2] Scrivener labelled it by number 562. The manuscript has complex context.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 271 parchment leaves (size). It is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[2]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are placed at the margin, but there are not their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top or bottom. There is no division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.[3]

The tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel, it contains lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and numbered Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]].[3] [4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates textual subgroup with the codex 35.[5]

History

The manuscript was bought by book-dealer Payne (?), from London. Then it belonged to Thomas Thorpe, another book-dealer in London. It was sold in 1824 to Theodore Williams, Vicar of Hendon, for £120 (about £ today).[3] [4] Joseph Mendham bought it for £70 in 1827.[7] It was given by Mendham's widow to Dean Burgon, afterwards to the Bodleian Library.

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by Scrivener (562) and C. R. Gregory (521).[3] [4]

It is currently housed at the Bodleian Library (MS. Gr. bib. d. 1) in Oxford.[2]

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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 . 77 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 255–256 .
  4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 198 .
  5. 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 . 62 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
  6. 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.
  7. Catalogue of the Law Society's Mendham Collection, lent to the University of Kent at Canterbury and housed in Canterbury Cathedral Library. Completed and edited by Sheila Hingley and David Shaw from the catalogue of Helen Carron and others. The Law Society, London, 1994. cliv, 500p. pp. cxl - cxli.