Minuscule 588
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 1321 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Ambrosiana |
| Size | 21.5 cm by 15 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Minuscule 588 (in the
Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 221 parchment leaves (size 21.5 cm by 15 cm) with some lacunae (Matthew 10:27-13:19; 27:49-28:20; Luke 24:5-53 John 1:1-8; 4:51-7:3).[4] The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[2]
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, prolegomena, lists of the κεφαλαια before each of the Gospela, numerals of the κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, the τιτλοι (titles), Ammonian Sections (Mark 241 – 16:20), the Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, incipits, lists of αναγνωσεις, subscriptions, and pictures.[5] The part of John 5 is much earlier than the rest of the manuscript.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the
According to Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[6]History
There is a note on folio 212 verso: ετελειωθη το παρον αγ[ιον] αυα[γγελιον] δια χειρος εμου του ευτελους ιω[α]ν[νου] ιερεως του περδικαρη και δια εξοδους κυρου γερμανου μοναχου επιερους ς ω κθ ινδ δ’ μη[νι] μαιω εις τας ις ημερα σα[ββα]τω.[8]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. It was examined by
The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (E. 63 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Catalogus graecorum Bibliothecace Ambrosianae (Mediolani 1906), vol. I, pp. 318-319.
- ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 205.
- ^ ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ Catalogus graecorum Bibliothecace Ambrosianae (Mediolani 1906), vol. I, p. 319.
Further reading
- A. Turyn, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Italy, (Urbana, 1972), 118; description pp. 141–142.
- Catalogus graecorum Bibliothecace Ambrosianae (Mediolani 1906), vol. I, pp. 318–319.