Minuscule 56 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 517 ( von Soden), is a

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of the

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, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''

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'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 49. The manuscript has complex contents and some

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Description

The codex contains complete text of the four Gospels on 232 paper leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin (also in Latin), with some (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. It contains Prolegomena to the

Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Mark is the second of the four canonical Gospels and one of the three synoptic Gospels, synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from baptism of Jesus, his baptism by John the Baptist to his death, the Burial of Jesus, ...

and Luke, lists of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, (''lessons''), titles to the Gospels, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of (only in John), and numbered paragraphs.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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classified it to the textual family K^x. Aland did not assign it to any Category of New Testament manuscripts.Kurt und Barbara Aland, ''Der Text des Neuen Testaments. Einführung in die wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben sowie in Theorie und Praxis der modernen Textkritik''.

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, Stuttgart 1989, , S. 324. According to the

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it represents the textual family K^r in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. It creates a textual cluster with 58. This means it has a Byzantine text. The text contains some various readings. According to

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it is a sister or daughter of the codex 54. In John 8:6 it has textual reading και προσποιουμενος.

History

The manuscript was written by John Serbopoulos in England. In 1502 it was presented to the Lincoln College by Edmund Audley,

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, where it is still housed, under shelf number Gr. 18, at

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. Walton gave some various readings. It was examined by

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(Lincoln 1), Orlando T. Dobbin, and Scrivener. Dobbin compared its readings with Codex Montfortianus and 58 in 1922 places. Pascoe detected 34 omissions for four chapters.

saw it in 1883.

References

External links

Online images of minuscule 56
( Digital Microfilm) at the CSNTM. {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0056 Greek New Testament minuscules 15th-century biblical manuscripts Lincoln College, Oxford

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