Minuscule 555 Explained

Minuscule 555 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 519 (in the Soden numbering),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.^[2] Scrivener labelled it by number 609.^[3]

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 185 paper leaves (size). The writing is in one column per page, 19-25 lines per page.^[2] It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια are placed before every Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of the Gospels.^{[3] [4]}

Text

The Greek text of the codex Aland did not place in any Category.^[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method in Luke 1; 10; and 20 it belongs to the group 1216 and creates a pair with 152.^[6]

History

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Cambridge University Library (Hh. 6.12) in Cambridge.^[2]

The manuscripts was added to the list of the New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (609) and C. R. Gregory (555).^{[3] [4]}

See also

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

Further reading

• W. H. P. Hatch, Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament (Cambridge, Mass., 1951), XCVIII

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 . 79 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 261–262 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 202 .
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 . limited . 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 . 63 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .