Minuscule 522
Encyclopedia
Minuscule 522 ε 145 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek
minuscule manuscript
of the New Testament
, on a paper. It is dated by a colophon
to the year 1515 or 1516.
Scrivener labelled it by number 488. It was adapted for liturgical use.
on 319 paper leaves (size ) with only one lacuna
in the Apocalypse
2:11-23. The order of books: Gospels, Pauline epistles (Philemon, Hebrews), Acts, Catholic epistles, and Apocalypse. The scribe was unfamiliar with Greek.
The text written in one column per page, 25 lines per page. The breathings and accents are given correctly with very few exceptions.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin (added by later hand in Latin), and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. The text of the Gospels has also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
The tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each of book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), Synaxarion, Menologion, and some pictures.
It has Oecumenius and Euthalius prolegomena.
Errors
In Apocalypse, there were 13 instances of errors by homoioteleuton, errors of itacism are few. N ephelkystikon before a consonant 3 times, 2 times it lacks before hiatus
.
except Acts and Catholic epistles. Aland
placed it in Category V. The text of the Acts and Catholic epistles Aland placed in III Category.
Wisse did not examine this manuscript by using his profile method.
It has some peculiar readings in Book of Revelation.
in 1515 (or 1516) for the wish Giovanni Francesco Picus of Mirandola by Michael Damascenus from Crete. The manuscript once belonged to M. Aloys. Canonici, together with the manuscripts 523
, 524
, and 525
, then to Bandinelli from Venice, and in 1817 was acquired by the Bodleian Library.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by Scrivener
(488) and Gregory
(522). Gregory saw it in 1883. It was examined, described, and collated by Scrivener.
It is currently housed at the Bodleian Library
(Canon. Gr. 34) in Oxford
.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
minuscule manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, on a paper. It is dated by a colophon
Colophon (publishing)
In publishing, a colophon is either:* A brief description of publication or production notes relevant to the edition, in modern books usually located at the reverse of the title page, but can also sometimes be located at the end of the book, or...
to the year 1515 or 1516.
Scrivener labelled it by number 488. It was adapted for liturgical use.
Description
The codex contains the entire of the New TestamentNew Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
on 319 paper leaves (size ) with only one lacuna
Lacuna (manuscripts)
A lacunaPlural lacunae. From Latin lacūna , diminutive form of lacus . is a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or a musical work...
in the Apocalypse
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament. The title came into usage from the first word of the book in Koine Greek: apokalupsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation"...
2:11-23. The order of books: Gospels, Pauline epistles (Philemon, Hebrews), Acts, Catholic epistles, and Apocalypse. The scribe was unfamiliar with Greek.
The text written in one column per page, 25 lines per page. The breathings and accents are given correctly with very few exceptions.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin (added by later hand in Latin), and their τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. The text of the Gospels has also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
The tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each of book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, αναγνωσεις (lessons), Synaxarion, Menologion, and some pictures.
It has Oecumenius and Euthalius prolegomena.
Errors
In Apocalypse, there were 13 instances of errors by homoioteleuton, errors of itacism are few. N ephelkystikon before a consonant 3 times, 2 times it lacks before hiatus
Hiatus (linguistics)
In phonology, hiatus or diaeresis refers to two vowel sounds occurring in adjacent syllables, with no intervening consonant. When two adjacent vowel sounds occur in the same syllable, the result is instead described as a diphthong....
.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-typeByzantine text-type
The Byzantine text-type is one of several text-types used in textual criticism to describe the textual character of Greek New Testament manuscripts. It is the form found in the largest number of surviving manuscripts, though not in the oldest...
except Acts and Catholic epistles. Aland
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
placed it in Category V. The text of the Acts and Catholic epistles Aland placed in III Category.
Wisse did not examine this manuscript by using his profile method.
It has some peculiar readings in Book of Revelation.
History
According to the note on folio 319 the manuscript was written in MirandolaMirandola
Mirandola is a city and comune of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, 31 km northeast of the provincial capital by railway.- History :Mirandola originated as a Renaissance city-fortress...
in 1515 (or 1516) for the wish Giovanni Francesco Picus of Mirandola by Michael Damascenus from Crete. The manuscript once belonged to M. Aloys. Canonici, together with the manuscripts 523
Minuscule 523
Minuscule 523 , ε 145 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.Scrivener labelled it by number 489...
, 524
Minuscule 524
Minuscule 524 , ε 265 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.It was adapted for liturgical use...
, and 525
Minuscule 525
Minuscule 525 , ε 513 , is a Greek-Slavic diglot minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century....
, then to Bandinelli from Venice, and in 1817 was acquired by the Bodleian Library.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by Scrivener
Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
The Reverend Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener, LL.D. was an important text critic of the New Testament and a member of the English New Testament Revision Committee which produced the Revised Version of the Bible...
(488) and Gregory
Caspar René Gregory
Caspar René Gregory was a American-born German theologian theologian.-Life:Gregory was born in Philadelphia. He studied theology at two Presbyterian seminaries: in 1865-67 at the University of Pennsylvania and at Princeton Theological Seminary...
(522). Gregory saw it in 1883. It was examined, described, and collated by Scrivener.
It is currently housed at the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
(Canon. Gr. 34) in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
.
See also
- List of New Testament minuscules
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
- Textual criticismTextual criticismTextual criticism is a branch of literary criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of transcription errors in the texts of manuscripts...
Further reading
(as k)- Herman C. HoskierHerman C. HoskierHerman Charles Hoskier , was a biblical scholar, British textual critic, and son of a merchant banker, Herman Hoskier .Hoskier, as textual critic, supported the Byzantine text-type against the Alexandrian text-type...
, Concering the Text of the Apocalypse (London 1929), vol. 1, p. 297 (only of Revelation)
External links
- Minuscule 522 at the Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism