Minuscule 528 Explained

Minuscule 528 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 148 (in Soden's numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] Scrivener labelled it by number 483.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 354 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 given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 Sections, the last Section in 16:9) with references to the Eusebian Canons.[3]

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, the tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before every Gospel, It contains lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Synaxarion at the end, and portraits of the Evangelists.[4] [3]

It has also a few lectionary markings added by a later hand.[3]

Text

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

History

In 1727 the manuscript was brought from the Pantokrator monastery on the Mount Athos to England.[4] The manuscript was collated by Th. Mangey, Prebendary of Durham.[3]

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (483) and C. R. Gregory (528).[3] Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]

It is currently housed at the Bodleian Library (MS. Cromwell 16) 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. 67.
  2. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 78 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 1 . 245 .
  4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 199 .
  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.