Minuscule 578
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 1361 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Bibliothèque municipale d'Arras |
| Size | 20.5 cm by 14 cm |
| Type | Byzantine |
| Category | V |
Minuscule 578 (in the
The manuscript has complex contents.Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 241 paper leaves (size 20.5 cm by 14 cm). The writing is in one column per page, 25-26 lines per page.[3]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια are placed before every Gospel, numerals of the κεφαλαια at the margin, the τιτλοι, the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 – 16:20), (without
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the
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]
History
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]
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscript
- Textual criticism
References
- Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 195.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 68.
- ^ ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
- ^ a b c d Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. pp. 204–205.
- ^ ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 275.
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. pp. 204–205.