Editing Codex Zacynthius (section)

== Description ==
The lower text of the manuscript contains fragments of the chapters 1:1-11:33 of the [[Gospel of Luke]]. The codex comprises 86 thick, coarse parchment leaves and three partial leaves;<sup>[]</sup><sup>[]</sup> it measures 36 x 29&nbsp;cm.<sup>[]</sup> The text was written in a single column with well-formed [[uncial script]]. The letters are large, round and narrow, without [[spiritus asper]], [[spiritus lenis]], or accents.<sup>[]</sup> The manuscript was written by two scribes.<sup>[]</sup>

Abbreviations are rarely used in the codex. The handwriting is very close to that of the [[Rossano Gospels]].<sup>[]</sup> The errors of [[itacism]] occur, but not so often as in [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and [[Codex Vaticanus]]. It uses grammatical forms typical of the ancient manuscripts (e.g. ειπαν, ηλθαν, ευραν), which are not used in later medieval manuscripts.<sup>[]</sup>

The codex uses a peculiar system of chapter divisions, which it shares with [[Codex Vaticanus]] and [[Minuscule 579]]. A more common system divides chapters according to their titles.<sup>[]</sup> The capital letters at the beginnings of sections stand out in the margin as in the Codices [[Codex Alexandrinus|Alexandrinus]] and [[Codex Ephraemi|Ephraemi]].<sup>[]</sup>

The text is surrounded by a marginal commentary; it is the only codex that has both text and commentary in uncial script. The commentary is a [[Catena (Biblical commentary)|catena]] of quotations of nine church fathers: [[Origen]], [[Eusebius]], [[Titus of Bostra]], Basil, [[Isidore of Pelusium]], [[Cyril of Alexandria]], Sever from Antioch, Victor from Antioch, and [[John Chrysostom|Chrysostom]].<sup>[]</sup> The commentary surrounds the single-column text of Luke on three sides.<sup>[]</sup> [[Patristic]] text is written in small uncial letters. Most of the quotations are those of Ciril of Alexandria (93 ''scholia''); next comes Titus of Bostra (45 ''scholia'').<sup>[]</sup><sup>[]</sup> The commentary was written in a different kind of uncial script than the biblical text.<sup>[]</sup>

=== Contents ===
The book contains the following chapters and verses of the Gospel of Luke: 1:1-9,19-23,27-28,30-32,36-60,77; 2:19,21-22,33-3; 3:5-8,11-20; 4:1-2,6-20,32-43; 5:17-36; 6:21; 7:6,11-37,39-47; 8:4-21,25-35,43-50; 9:1-28,32-33,35; 9:41; 10:18,21-40; 11:1-4,24-33.<sup>[]</sup>

====Variations and omissions====
* Luke 9:55b-56a — καὶ εἶπεν, Οὑκ οἴδατε οἵου πνεύματος ἑστε ὐμεῖς; ὀ γὰρ υἰὸς τοῦ ἁνθρώπου οὑκ ἦλθεν ψυχὰς ἁνθρώπων ἁπολέσαι ἁλλὰ σῶσαι (''and He said: "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but to save them'') is omitted, typical of Alexandrian text-type, as in codices Sinaiticus B C Θ L 33 700 892 1241 syr, and cop<sup>bo</sup>.<sup>[]</sup>
* Luke 4:17 it has the textual variant καὶ ἀνοίξας τὸ βιβλίον (''and opened the book'') together with the manuscripts [[Codex Alexandrinus|A]], B, [[Codex Regius (New Testament)|L]], [[Codex Washingtonianus|W]], [[Minuscule 33|33]], [[Minuscule 892|892]], 1195, 1241, [[Lectionary 547|'''ℓ''' ''547'']], syr<sup>s, h, pal</sup>, and cop<sup>sa, bo</sup>, against variant καὶ ἀναπτύξας τὸ βιβλίον (''and unrolled the book'') supported by א, D<sup>c</sup>, [[Codex Cyprius|K]], [[Codex Sangallensis 48|Δ]], [[Codex Koridethi|Θ]], [[Codex Petropolitanus (New Testament)|Π]], [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]], ''f''<sup>1</sup>, ''f''<sup>13</sup>, [[Minuscule 28|28]], [[Minuscule 565|565]], [[Minuscule 700|700]], 1009, and 1010.<sup>[]</sup>
* Luke 9:10 it has the textual variant εις πολιν καλουμενην Βηθσαιδα (''to a city called Bethsaida''), as do codices B, L, and 33; but later hand-written in the margin εις τοπον ερημον πολεως καλουμενην Βηδσαιδα (''into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida'').<sup>[]</sup>