Minuscule 563

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| form = Minuscule | number = 563 | image = | isize = | caption= | name = | sign = | text = Gospels | script = Greek | date = 11th century | found = | now at = Edinburgh University Library | cite = | size = | type = Byzantine / mixed | cat = none | hand = | note = in bad condition

Minuscule 563 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 160 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th 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 519.{{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, vol. 1 | publisher = George Bell & Sons | year = 1894 | location = London | edition = 4 | page = 250

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 198 parchment leaves (size ), with only one lacuna in John 21:19-25. The manuscript was written by many hands. The writing is in one column per page, 20-26 lines per page.

It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια before every Gospel, numerals of the κεφαλαια are given at the margin, the τιτλοι, the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 239 - 16:16), the Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels, and pictures.{{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/details/textkritikdesne00greggoog

The manuscript has survived in bad condition.

Text

The Greek text of the codex Hermann von Soden classified to the textual family Kx.{{Cite book | last = Wisse | first = Frederik | title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1982 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 63 | url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/63 | isbn = 0-8028-1918-4 | url-access = registration | 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 | url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt | url-access = limited | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}} According to Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 10. In Luke it represents mixed text, in Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text.

The text of Matthew 16:2b–3 (Signs of the Times) and John 21:19-25 were omitted by the original scribe.

History

The manuscript contains the inscription "ex libris Domini Johannis Chesselaei", and seems to have been presented to Edinburgh University Library by Sir John Chessley about 1650. The manuscript was announced by Gustav Haenel. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener.

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Edinburgh University Library (MS 219) in Edinburgh.

References

References

  1. Gregory, Caspar René. (1908). "Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament". J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung.
  2. [https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2 University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections: MS 219: Quatuor Evangelia, Late 11th-early 12th].

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