• Source: Minuscule 557

Minuscule 557 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 356 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.
Scrivener labelled it by number 524.




Description


The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 183 parchment leaves (size 22 cm by 15.8 cm). The writing is in one column per page, 27 lines per page. It is beautifully written.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια are placed before each Gospel, numerals of the κεφαλαια are given at the margin, the τιτλοι at the top of the pages, the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 231 sections - 16:9) imperfectly given, (not the Eusebian Canons), subscriptions, and pictures of the Evangelists.
The style of writing closely resembles Minuscule 38.




Text


According to Hermann von Soden it is associated with the Iota text-type. The Greek text of the codex Aland did not place in any Category.
According to the Claremont Profile Method in Luke 1 and 20 it belongs to the textual family Πa. In Luke 10 no profile was made.




History


The manuscript was in the possession of Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall until it was transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1981, by arrangement with H. M. Treasury and the executors of the 5th Earl of Leicester. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (as codex 524) and was examined by Dean Burgon.
The manuscripts was added to the list of the New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (524) and C. R. Gregory (557).
The manuscript is now housed at the Bodleian Library (Holkham Gr. 114) in Oxford.




See also



List of New Testament minuscules
Biblical manuscript
Textual criticism




References






Further reading


Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 202.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar Minuscule Perjanjian Baru (1–1000)
• Minuscule 544
• Papirus 112
• Papirus 110
• Papirus 29
• Papirus Oxyrhynchus
• Minuscule 557
• Palaeography
• Minuscule 544
• Minuscule 460
• List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000)
• Horseshoe crab
• List of Annoying Orange episodes
• Lists of New Testament minuscules
• 150 (number)
• Manuscripts of the Austrian National Library