Editing Minuscule 579

'''Minuscule 579''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), ε 376 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|von Soden]]), is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on parchment leaves. [[Paleography|Paleographically]] it had been assigned to the 13th century.<sup>[1]</sup> Formerly it was labelled as 80<sup>e</sup> (Scrivener). 

== Description ==

The codex contains complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s with some [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] ([[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 3:28-4:8; [[Gospel of John|John]] 20:15-21:25) on 152 leaves (size 23.3 cm by 16.2 cm). Written in one column per page, 28-39 lines per page.<sup>[1]</sup> It contains prolegomena, lists of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, and τιτλοι. [[Matthew 16:2b-3]] placed after verse 9. It contains two endings of the Gospel of Mark.<sup>[2]</sup> It has the same system of chapter divisions, as [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209]] and [[Codex Zacynthius]]. 

It has two [[Mark 16#Hypothesis About the Ending|endings to the Gospel of Mark]] (as in codices [[Codex Athous Lavrensis|Ψ]], [[Uncial 099|099]], [[Uncial 0112|0112]], [[Minuscule 274|274<sup>mg</sup>]], and [[Lectionary 1602|'''ℓ''' ''1602'']]).<sup>[3]</sup>

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the [[Alexandrian text-type]] in Mark and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]]. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] placed it in [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts#Category II|Category II]] in Mark and Luke.<sup>[4]</sup> In Matthew its text belongs to the late [[Byzantine text-type|Byzantine]] group.<sup>[5]</sup>

== History ==

The manuscript once belonged to Johannes Georg Graeve and was collated by Bynaeus in 1661. It passed inti the hands of J. van der Hagen, who showed it for Wettstein in 1739. It was bought by Ambrose Didot and sold to Mons. Lesoef.<sup>[6]</sup> 
It is currently housed in at the [[National Library of France]] (Gr. 97), at [[Paris]].<sup>[1]</sup> 

== See also ==

* [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
* [[Biblical manuscript]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==

*   1. [[Kurt Aland|Aland, K.]] Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 81.
*   2. [[Caspar René Gregory|C. R. Gregory]], "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 147.
*   3. [[Bruce Metzger|Bruce M. Metzger]], Bart D. Ehrman, "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration", Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, p. 77.
*   4. [[Kurt Aland]], and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]], Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 133.
*   5. [[Bruce Metzger|Bruce M. Metzger]], [[Bart Ehrman| Bart D. Ehrman]], "The Text of the New Testament:Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration", New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 89.
*   6. [[Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener|F. H. A. Scrivener]], A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament (London, 1894), vol. 1, p. 205.



== Further reading ==

* A Schmidtke, "Die Evangelien eines alten Unzialcodex nach einer Abschrift des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts" (Leipzig, 1903). 
* K. Lake, "The Ammonian Harmony and the Text of B", JTS VII (1906), pp. 292-295. 
* M.-J. Lagrange, "Critique textuelle" II, ''La Critique rationelle'' (Paris, 1935), pp. 113-116. 


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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule_579 Wikipedia Article on Minuscule 579]

[[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
[[Category:13th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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