Minuscule 56
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Minuscule 56 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 517 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 15th century.[1]
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Description
The codex contains complete text of the four Gospels on 232 paper leaves (size 20.5 cm by 14.5 cm).[1] Written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.[2] It contains Prolegomena to Matthew and Luke, lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, some τιτλοι, αναγνωσεις, titles to Gospels, subscriptions, στιχοι (John), and numbered paragraphs.[3]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland did not assigned it to any Category of New Testament manuscripts, but Wisse placed it to the textual family Kr.[4] It means it is stricte Byzantine text.
The text contains some various readings. According to Gregory it is sister or daughter of the codex 54.[2]
History
The manuscript was written by John Serbopoulos in England.[2] In 1502 it was presented to the Lincoln College by Edmund Audley, Bishop of Salisbury,[2] where it is housed until to the present day, under shelf number Gr. 18, at Oxford.[1]
Walton gave some various readings. It was examined by Mill, Orlando T. Dobbin, and Scrivener. Dobbin compared its readings with Codex Montfortianus and 58 in 1922 places. Pascoe detected 34 omissions for four chapters.[3]
See also
References
- 1. K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 49.
- 2. C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 141.
- 3. F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894), vol. 1, p. 198.
- 4. F. Wisse, The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1982, p. 92.
Further reading
- Dobbin, Collation of the Codex Montfortianus (London, 1854).
