Minuscule 587
New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Gospels |
---|---|
Date | 12th century |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Biblioteca Ambrosiana |
Size | 22.3 cm by 18.9 cm |
Type | Byzantine text-type |
Category | V |
Hand | beautifully written |
Minuscule 587 (in the
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 183 parchment leaves (size 22.3 cm by 18.9 cm) with only one lacuna (Matthew 1:1-20). The text is written in one column per page, 25-27 lines per page,[2] initial letters in silver. It is beautifully written.
It contains prolegomena, lists of the κεφαλαια, numerals of the κεφαλαια at the margin, (not τιτλοι), the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 240 Sections - the last in 16:19), (not references to the Eusebian Canons), and pictures (almost obliterated).[4]
The last leaf of the codex, contains text of John 21:8-25, was supplemented in the 15th century.[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the
History
The manuscript was added to the List of New Testament manuscripts by
The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (M. 48 sup.), at Milan.[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. 68.
- ^ Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 81.
- ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 243.
- ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 205.
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- ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
Further reading
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 205.
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