Minuscule 509
New Testament manuscript
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Minuscule 509 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 258 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. Scrivener labeled it by number 495.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1727 |
| Now at | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Size | 30.2 cm by 22.2 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
Description
The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 229 parchment leaves (size 30.2 cm by 22.2 cm).[2] One leaf (John 19:13-29), and another containing John 21:24.25, are in duplicate at the beginning (prima manu).[3]
The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page.[2] The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers of at the margin and the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 sections, last section ended in 16:20), with references to the Eusebian Canons (in gold).[4]
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel, and pictures.[3][4]
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family K1.[5] Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[5]
History
The manuscript was dated by Gregory to the 12th century.[4]
In 1727 the manuscript came from the Pantokratoros monastery to England and was presented to archbishop of Canterbury, William Wake, together with minuscules 73, 74, 506-520. Wake presented it to Christ Church in Oxford. In 1732 John Walker slightly collated it for Bentley.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (495) and C. R. Gregory (509).[3] Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]
It is currently housed at Christ Church (Wake 24) in Oxford.[2]
