Minuscule 585

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Minuscule 585
Matthew
TextGospels
Date10th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBiblioteca Estense
Size18.4 x 11.7
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV
Notemember of the family Family Kx

Minuscule 585 (in the numbering

paleographically to the late 10th century.[2][3]

Description

The

Evangelist portraits at the beginning of each Gospel, but the portrait of Luke is lost. The text is written on 300 parchment leaves, in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[2]

The tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before every Gospel, numerals of the κεφαλαια (chapters) are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233 Sections, the last in 16:8), with a references to the

Menologion) and portraits of the Evangelists.[4]

The manuscript is an example of the art during the Macedonian Renaissance.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]

Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Family Kx. It was examined by the Claremont Profile Method.[6]

History

It is dated by the

INTF to the 10th century.[3]

The manuscript was in Venice in 1560, and was probably purchased by Duke Alfonso II d'Este. It was moved to Vienna in 1589 by Francesco d'Este. In 1868 it was returned to Italy under the provisions of the Convention of Florence.

Currently it is housed at the Biblioteca Estense (Gr. I) at Modena.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 68.
  2. ^
    ISBN 3-11-011986-2
    .
  3. ^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
  4. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs. p. 205.
  5. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1
    .
  6. William B. Eerdmans Publishing
    , 1982, p. 92.

Further reading

  • Crinelli, Lorenzo. Treasures from Italy's Great Libraries. New York, The Vendome Press, 1997.
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