Minuscule 600

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Minuscule 600
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date14th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBiblioteca Marciana
Size32.8 cm by 24.5 cm
TypeByzantine text-type
CategoryV

Minuscule 600 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Zε599 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] The manuscript has complex contents. It was labelled by Scrivener as 463.[3]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 430 paper leaves (size 32.8 cm by 24.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 31 lines per page.[2] It contains lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) (only to John), numerals of the κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, and the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages.[4]

It has a commentary of Euthymius Zigabenus.[4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] It was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.[6]

History

The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[4]

The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. II,7 (979)), at Venice.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 69.
  2. ^ a b c 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.
  3. ^ Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 243.
  4. ^ a b c Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig: Leipzig, J.C. Hinrichs. p. 207.
  5. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  6. ^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 64. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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