Minuscule 571 Explained

Minuscule 571 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1294 (in the Soden numbering),^[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the year 12th century.^[2] It was labeled by Scrivener as 474.^[3] The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 194 parchment leaves (size) with lacunae (John 7:1-21:25). The writing is in one column per page, 22-24 lines per page.^[2] It contains the Eusebian tables at the beginning of the manuscript, the tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια are placed before each of the Gospels, the Ammonian sections, the Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, and pictures of the four Evangelists.^[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 K^x.^[5] Aland placed it in Category V.^[6] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents K^x in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 it has mixed Byzantine text.^[5]

History

The manuscript was examined and described by Pogodin and Eduard de Muralt (along with the codices 565-566, 568-570, 572, 574, 575, and 1567), who made first collation of its text. The manuscript was more thoroughly examined by Kurt Treu.

Currently the manuscript is housed at the National Library of Russia (Gr. 98) in Saint Petersburg.^[2]

See also

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

Further reading

• Eduard de Muralt, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Impériale publique (Petersburg 1864).
• Eduard de Muralt, Novum Testamentum Graece (Hamburg, 1848)
• Kurt Treu, Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbiblisi und Erevan, Texte und Untersuchungen 91 (Berlin, 1966), pp. 60–61.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 68.
2. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 80 . 3-11-011986-2 .
3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 244 .
4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 204 .
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 . 63 . 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 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.