Minuscule 545 Explained

Minuscule 545 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 511 (in Soden's numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1430.[2] Scrivener labeled it by number 558. It is housed at the University of Michigan.[2] It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on a total of 430 paper leaves having a size of . The text is written in one column per page, 16 lines per page.[2] According to Scrivener, "the leaves are much misplaced in binding". Breathings and accents are regular. The text was revised by the first hand, but a later hand corrected this revision in several places.[3]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numerals are given at the margin, and the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top and bottom (not in Matthew). There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers). At the end of each Gospel are given numbers of Verses.[4]

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Prolegomena, tables of the Eusebian Canons, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (lists of contents) before every Gospel, "hypothesis" – explanatory of using of the Eusebian Canons (only in Matthew), and pictures of the four Evangelists, of the Saviour, and of the Virgin and Child.[4] [5] A few church lessons are set at the margin.[6] The nomina sacra are contracted in a usual way.

Errors

Iota adscript occurs 17 times up to Luke 1:77, then ceases, but iota subscript first in Luke 1:77 (in the same hand and on same page as the last adscriptum) thence found 85 times, mostly with article after the proposition εν.[3]

Errors of iotacism are 398 (the first hand), some of them were corrected sometimes by a later hand. Scrivener enumerated all errors of the first hand: ω for ο (64), ο for ω (56), ει for η (43), η for ει (75), η for ι (18), ι for η (22), αι for ε (30), ει for ι (9), ι for ει (11), η for υ (6), υ for η (6), ει for υ (2), υ for ει (only 1, in Matthew 12:48), υ for ι (3), ι for υ (2), ου for ο (1), ω for ου (4), ου for ω (7), η for ευ (in Luke 5:7 - ?), υ for ου (1), ι for οι (1), οι for ι (1), η for οι (3).[3]

There are nine omissions by homoioteleuton (Matthew 13:12; Luke 10:27; 11:10; 17:33; 22:30; John 4:14; 8:24; 14:7.27).[3]

N εφελκυστικον occurs 17 times (thrice corrected).[3]

The only Alexandrian form is χειραν in John 20:25.[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is mixed with a predominant element of the Byzantine text-type. According to Hermann von Soden it belongs to Ir, the most diluted form of the Iota text-type, along with codices 262, 1187, 1666, and 1573. The Greek text of the codex Aland did not place in any Category.[7] According to the Claremont Profile Method it creates textual cluster with 585, in Luke 1; Luke 10; Luke 20. It is a core member of this cluster.[8] It has an unusual readings in Mark 6:22; Luke 2:22; 14:4; 15:21; John 7:8; 10:11.[3]

Textual variantsThe words before the bracket is the reading of the Textus Receptus.
  • — Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αυτω (him) ] τω ιυ (for son)

    — Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: γαρ (for) ] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αμην (truly)

    — none ] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: και υποστρεψας ο εκατον εις τον οικον αυτου ευρε τον παιδα υγιαινοντα

    — Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: εσθιει (eat) ] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: εσθιει και πινει (eat and drink)

    Mark 2:10 — Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: εξουσιαν εχει ο υιος του ανθρωπου αφιεναι ] εχει εξουσιαν επι της γης αφιεναι

    Luke 6:22 — Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αυτης (her) ] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αυτου (him)

    Mark 2:22 — Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αυτης (her) ] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αυτου (him)

    Luke 10:27 — Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: και εξ ολης της ισχυος σου ] omitted

    Luke 14:4 — Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ονος ] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: υιος

    Luke 15:21 — none ] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ποιησον με ως ενα των μισθιων σου

    John 7:8 — ουκ ] ουπω

    John 1:13.19.26.34.51; 2:3.12.13.16.18; 3:20.21.28.36; 4:1.2.3.14.33.46; 5:1.44; 6:10.11.17.21.30.49.51.55.61.64.71; 7:4.8.31.46.47; 8:36.41.43.52; etc.[9]

    History

    According to the colophon the manuscript was written by Theodoros, a scribe, in the year of the world 6938, meaning A.D. 1439.[3] The colophon states:Παρ εμοι του ευτελους και αβρωτιμου παντων μεροπων και χωρικου γραφεως θεοδορου του κοτζα εκ χωρας μετωνης τελειωτεν εν ετει συστασεως κοσμου ς λη. Ιν. Η. Απο δε της ενσαρκου οικονομιας αυλ μηνι μαιω λα.[3]

    LocationIn 1864, the manuscript was in the possession of a dealer at Janina in Epeiros. It was then purchased from him by a representative of Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906), a philanthropist,[10] together with other Greek manuscripts (among them codices 532-546).[5] They were transported to England in 1870–1871.[11]

    The manuscript was presented by Burdett-Coutts to Sir Roger Cholmely's School, and was housed at the Highgate (Burdett-Coutts III. 10), in London.[12] In 1922 it was acquired for the University of Michigan.[13] It is currently housed at the University of Michigan (Ms. 30) in Ann Arbor.[2]

    ExaminationIt was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (558) and C. R. Gregory (545).[4] Gregory saw it in 1883.[5]

    Scrivener examined, described and collated its text. His collation was edited posthumously in Adversaria critica sacra in 1893.[14]

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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 , Kurt . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 79 . 3-11-011986-2 .
    3. Book: Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Adversaria Critica Sacra: With a Short Explanatory Introduction . 1893 . At The University Press . Cambridge . LV .
    4. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . 4th . London . 1 . 255 .
    5. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 201 .
    6. Book: Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Adversaria Critica Sacra: With a Short Explanatory Introduction . 1893 . At The University Press . Cambridge . LIV .
    7. 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 . 133, 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
    8. 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 .
    9. Book: Scrivener, F. H. A. . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Adversaria Critica Sacra: With a Short Explanatory Introduction . 1893 . At The University Press . Cambridge . LV-LVIII .
    10. Book: Parker, Franklin . George Peabody, a biography . Vanderbilt University Press . 1995 . 107 . 9780826512567 .
    11. Robert Mathiesen, An Important Greek Manuscript Rediscovered and Redated (Codex Burdett-Coutts III.42), The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 76, No. 1 (Jan., 1983), pp. 131-133.
    12. F. H. A. Scrivener, Adversaria critica sacra (Cambridge, 1893), pp. XVI-XVII.
    13. Kenneth W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago, 1937), p. 294.
    14. Book: Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Adversaria Critica Sacra: With a Short Explanatory Introduction . 1893 . At The University Press . Cambridge . LIV-LVIII, 61–162 .