Minuscule 503 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 325 (in the Soden numbering), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 590. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

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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 (''chapters'') with numbers given at the margin, and their (''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

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. It has lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use).

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the text-types. Aland did not place it in any

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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 Minuscule 502 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), 589 (in the Scrivener's numbering), ε 245 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It was adapted for liturgical use. Palaeographically it has ...

from

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. It was added to the list of the New testament manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (590) and

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(503). It was examined by Bloomfield, Scrivener, and Gregory (in 1883). It is currently housed at the

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(Add MS 19389) in

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