Minuscule 503
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Minuscule 503 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 325 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = K. | author-link = Kurt Aland | author2 = M. Welte | author3=B. Köster | author4=K. Junack | title = Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | year = 1994 | location = Berlin, New York | page = 77 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }} Scrivener labelled it by number 590. The manuscript is lacunose.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John on 60 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 25-27 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters) with numbers given at the margin, and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. It is also divided according to the Ammonian Sections, but there are no references to the Eusebian Canons. It has lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use).{{Cite book | last = Scrivener | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose | author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener | author2 = Edward Miller | title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4th | volume = 1 | page = 259 | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes | publisher = J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 196 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n209/mode/2up
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the text-types. Aland did not place it in any Category.{{Cite book | last1 = Aland | first1 = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 139 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
History
The manuscript was written by Cosmas Vanaretus, a monk. Formerly it belonged to the monastery of St. Maximus. In 1853 it was bought together with Minuscule 502 from Constantine Simonides.
It was added to the list of the New testament manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (590) and C. R. Gregory (503).
It was examined by Bloomfield,{{Cite book | last = Bloomfield | first = S. T. | title = Critical Annotations: Additional and Supplementary on the New Testament | publisher = Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts | year = 1860 | location = London | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PNgtAAAAYAAJ
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 19389) in London.
References
References
- Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
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