Minuscule 504
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 1033 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | British Library |
| Size | 20.5 cm by 16.5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | full marginalia |
Minuscule 504 (in the
Description
The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 287 parchment leaves (size 20.5 cm by 16.5 cm). It is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 240 sections – the last section in 16:19), with references to the Eusebian Canons.[3][4]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before every Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), liturgical books with hagiographies (
It has many marginal corrections of the text.[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[5]History
The manuscript is dated by a colophon to the year 1033.[2]
The manuscript was written by Synesius, a priest. It was bought by H. Rodd in 1848.[3]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 17470) in London.[2]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
References
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 66.
- ^ ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'che Buchhandlung. p. 196.
- ^ a b c Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. Vol. 1 (4th ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 258.
- ^ ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
- Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the year 1200, ed. Kirsopp Lake and Silva Lake, vol. II, p. 69.
- Facsimiles of Manuscripts and Inscriptions, ed. E. A. Bond, E. M. Thompson and others, I (London, 1873–1883), p. 202.