Minuscule 590 Explained

Minuscule 590 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ ε 35 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] The manuscript has complex contents. It was labeled by Scrivener as 831.[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Mark on 161 parchment leaves (size). The text is written in one column per page, 29-41 lines per page.[2]

It contains prolegomena, numerals of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters) at the left margin, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top, the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 Sections - the last in 16:9), (not references to the Eusebian Canons), subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: στιχοι. The biblical text is surrounded by a commentary (catena).[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex Aland did not place in any Category V.[5]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Gregory, who saw it in 1886.[4]

The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma (Ms. Pal. 15).[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. 68.
  2. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 81.
  3. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 274 .
  4. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 . 1900 . Leipzig . 206 .
  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 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.