Minuscule 504
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Minuscule 504 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), 585 (in the Scrivener's numbering), ε 111 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment, dated to the year 1033. The manuscript has complex context with full marginalia. It was adapted for liturgical use.
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 Script error: No such module "Lang". (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the Script error: No such module "Lang". (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 Script error: No such module "Lang". (tables of contents) are placed before every Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), liturgical books with hagiographies (Menologion, Synaxarion), and pictures (portraits of the four Evangelists).[4][3]
It has many marginal corrections of the text.[4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6] 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]Template:R/superscript
The manuscript was written by Synesius, a priest. It was bought by H. Rodd in 1848.[3]Template:R/superscript
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (585) and C. R. Gregory (504). It was examined by Scrivener, Gregory (in 1883), and Kirsopp Lake.[3]Template:R/superscript
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 17470) in London.[2]Template:R/superscript
See also
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References
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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.