Minuscule 506 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 101 (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 11th-century. Scrivener labelled it by number 492^e, 193^a, 277^p, and 26^r. It was adapted for liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

on 240 parchment leaves (size ) with numerous lacunae. It is written in two columns per page, 36 lines per page. It has 12 omissions by

homoioteleuton Homeoteleuton, also spelled homoeoteleuton and homoioteleuton (from the Greek , ''homoioteleuton'', "like ending"), is the repetition of endings in words. Homeoteleuton is also known as near rhyme. History Homeoteleuton (homoioteleuton) was first ...

, N εφελκυστικον with ειπεν occurs 190 times, elsewhere 392 times in the Gospels. It has a large number of the itacistic errors (658). Codex contains a large number of the transcriptural errors.F. H. A. Scrivener
''Adversaria Critica Sacra: With a Short Explanatory Introduction''
(Cambridge, 1893), p. XXXV. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233 sections, the last section in 16:8) in black, with references to the

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in red. It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, prolegomena to the Gospels, tables of the (''tables of contents'') are placed before each book, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Lectionary books with hagiographies (

Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; , from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of '' synaxis'' and ''synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; ; Ge'ez: ሲናክሳሪየም(ስንክ� ...

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), pictures, and Euthalian Apparatus. Some illuminations were cut out. It has also some other material about synods, about Joseph, epistle of Basil to

Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen ( or Γρηγόριος Νυσσηνός; c. 335 – c. 394), was an early Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Nyssa from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death in 394. He is ve ...

. ; Lacunae Luke 16:26-30; 17:5-8; 24:22-24;

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1:1-7:39; 8:31-9:11; 10:10-11:54; 12:36-13:27; Acts 1:1-7:49; 10:19-14:10; 15:15-16:11; 18:1-21:25; 23:18-28:31; James 1:1-3:17; 1 Corinthians 12:11-15:12; 16:13-15; 2 Corinthians 13:4. 5; Galatians :16-6:1 6:1-18; 2 Timothy 3:10. 11; Titus 3:5-7.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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Hermann von Soden Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist. Life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...

included it to the textual family K^x. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the

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it represents textual cluster 276 in

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, and Luke 20.

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th or 12th-century. Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 11th-century. The manuscript was written by Dionysius, a scribe (hence name of the codex). The manuscript came from

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to England about 1731 and belonged to archbishop of Canterbury,

William Wake William Wake (26 January 165724 January 1737) was a minister in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 to his death. Life Wake was born in Blandford Forum Blandford Forum ( ) is a market town in Dorset, England, o ...

, together with minuscule manuscripts 73, 74, 507-

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. Wake presented it to the Christ Church College in Oxford. In 1732 John Walker slightly collated it for

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. Gregory saw it in 1883. The manuscript was thoroughly collated by Scrivener (as W^d) in 1864 and was added to the list of the New Testament minuscule manuscripts (as 492^e, 193^a, 277^p, and 26^r).

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gave for it 506^e, 199^a, 256^p, and 26^r. In 1908 Gregory gave for it one number for all parts of the codex - 506.

Herman C. Hoskier Herman Charles Hoskier (1864–1938), was a biblical scholar, British Textual Criticism, textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier (1832–1904). As a textual critic of the New Testament, Hoskier generally but not entirely suppo ...

collated the text of the Apocalypse.

, ''Concerning the Text of the Apocalypse'' (London 1929), vol. 1, p. 55 It is currently housed at Christ Church (Wake 12) in

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