Minuscule 562
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| form = Minuscule | number = 562 | image = Minuscule 562 (GA) 0001a.jpg | isize = 220 | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Gospel of John | script = Greek | date = 16th century | found = | now at = Glasgow University Library | cite = | size = | type = Byzantine / mixed | cat = none | hand = | note =
Minuscule 562 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 604 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 16th 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 = 80 | isbn = 3-11-011986-2 }} Scrivener labelled it by number 522.{{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 = 4 | volume = 1 | page = 250
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John on the first 58 leaves (size ). The leaves 59-78 contain Mithridates. The manuscript was written by many hands. The writing is in one column per page, 20 lines per page. It contains Latin κεφαλαια (chapters) at the left margin.{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | author-link = Caspar René Gregory | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | year = 1900 | location = Leipzig | volume = 1 | page = 203 | url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n215/mode/2up
Text
It does not contain the text of Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11). Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = 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 | url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt | url-access = limited | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
History
The manuscript was announced by Gustav Haenel. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (522). Gregory saw it in 1883.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Glasgow University Library (Ms. Hunter 170) in Glasgow.
References
References
- Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
- [http://images.csntm.org/Manuscripts/GA_562/GA_562.pdf CSNTM description]
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