Minuscule 555
New Testament manuscript
TextGospels
Date15th century
ScriptGreek
Now atCambridge University Library
Size20.1 cm by 14.5 cm
Typemixed
Categorynone

Minuscule 555 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 519 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.[2] Scrivener labelled it by number 609.[3]

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 185 paper leaves (size 20.1 cm by 14.5 cm). The writing is in one column per page, 19-25 lines per page.[2] It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια are placed before every Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of the Gospels.[3][4]

Text

The Greek text of the codex Aland did not place in any Category.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method in Luke 1; 10; and 20 it belongs to the group 1216 and creates a pair with 152.[6]

History

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Cambridge University Library (Hh. 6.12) in Cambridge.[2]

The manuscripts was added to the list of the New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (609) and C. R. Gregory (555).[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 67.
  2. ^ a b c Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 79. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
  3. ^ a b c 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. pp. 261–262.
  4. ^ a b Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1. Leipzig. p. 202.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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. 63. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.

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