Minuscule_588
Minuscule 588
New Testament manuscript
Minuscule 588 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 229 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1321.[2] The manuscript is lacunose. It was labelled by Scrivener as 457.[3]
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 1321 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Biblioteca Ambrosiana |
| Size | 21.5 cm by 15 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 221 parchment leaves (size 21.5 cm by 15 cm) with some lacunae (Matthew 10:27-13:19; 27:49-28:20; Luke 24:5-53 John 1:1-8; 4:51-7:3).[4] The text is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.[2]
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, prolegomena, lists of the κεφαλαια before each of the Gospela, numerals of the κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, the τιτλοι (titles), Ammonian Sections (Mark 241 – 16:20), the Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, incipits, lists of αναγνωσεις, subscriptions, and pictures.[5] The part of John 5 is much earlier than the rest of the manuscript.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr.[6] Aland placed it in Category V.[7] According to Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kr in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[6]
There is a note on folio 212 verso: ετελειωθη το παρον αγ[ιον] αυα[γγελιον] δια χειρος εμου του ευτελους ιω[α]ν[νου] ιερεως του περδικαρη και δια εξοδους κυρου γερμανου μοναχου επιερους ς ω κθ ινδ δ’ μη[νι] μαιω εις τας ις ημερα σα[ββα]τω.[8]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. It was examined by Dean Burgon.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (E. 63 sup.), at Milan.[2]
- Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 68.
- K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 81.
- Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 243.
- Catalogus graecorum Bibliothecace Ambrosianae (Mediolani 1906), vol. I, pp. 318-319.
- Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: Hinrichs. p. 205.
- Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- Catalogus graecorum Bibliothecace Ambrosianae (Mediolani 1906), vol. I, p. 319.
- A. Turyn, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Italy, (Urbana, 1972), 118; description pp. 141–142.
- Catalogus graecorum Bibliothecace Ambrosianae (Mediolani 1906), vol. I, pp. 318–319.