Minuscule 578 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 453 (in the Soden numbering),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1361.[3] The manuscript has complex contents.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 241 paper leaves (size). The writing is in one column per page, 25-26 lines per page.[3]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια are placed before every Gospel, numerals of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια at the margin, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι, the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 – 16:20), (without Eusebian Canons), lectionary markings at the margin, (incipits were added by a later hand) Synaxarion, and Menologion.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. According to Hermann von Soden it is close to the textual groups 1216 and 16.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the group 16 Luke 1 and Luke 10, but in Luke 20 to the group 1167. It is creates textual pair with the codex 217 in Luke 1 and Luke 10.[5]
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) was omitted by the first scribe, and in the 16th century a later hand added the leaves with the text of pericope.[4]
The manuscript was written by Johannes, a scribe.[4]
Scrivener labelled it by 872.[7] Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884.[4]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the library of the Bibliothèque municipale (Sect. Med., H. 446) in Arras.[3]