Minuscule 593 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 319 (
von Soden),
is a
Greek minuscule
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...
manuscript of the
New Testament, on parchment.
Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.
[K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", '' Walter de Gruyter'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 82.] The manuscript is lacunose. It was labelled by Scrivener as 462.
It has
marginalia
Marginalia (or apostils) are marks made in the margins of a book or other document. They may be scribbles, comments, glosses (annotations), critiques, doodles, drolleries, or illuminations.
Biblical manuscripts
Biblical manuscripts have ...
.
Description
The codex contains the text of the
Mark 1:44-
Luke 24:53;
John 1:15-11:13 on 153 parchment leaves (size ) with
lacunae. It is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.
[
It contains lists of the are given before each of the Gospels, numerals of the are placed at the margin, the at the top. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 237 Sections - the last in 16:15), but without a references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains lectionary markings, and incipits.]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. 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 ...
suggested that it is related to the textual families Πa and Πb.266
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Year 266 ( CCLXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallienus and Sabinillus (or, less frequently, year 1019 ...
in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[
]
History
It was wrongly called an Evangelistarium in the Supplementary Catalogue.[
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 Marciana (Gr. I,58 (1214)), at ]Venice
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.[
]
See also
* List of New Testament minuscules
* Biblical manuscript
A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see ''Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi-ling ...
* Textual criticism
References
Further reading
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Greek New Testament minuscules
13th-century biblical manuscripts