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Text
  
Gospel of John

Script
  
Greek

Type
  
Byzantine / mixed

Date
  
16th century

Size
  
14.2 cm by 10.5 cm

Minuscule 562

Now at
  
Glasgow University Library

Minuscule 562 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 604 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 16th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 522.

Contents

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of John on the first 58 leaves (size 14.2 cm by 10.5 cm). The leaves 59-78 contain Mithridates. The manuscript was written by many hands. The writing is in one column per page, 20 lines per page. It contains Latin κεφαλαια (chapters) at the left margin.

Text

It does not contain the text of Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11). Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.

History

The manuscript was announced by Gustav Haenel. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (522). Gregory saw it in 1883.

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Glasgow University Library (Ms. Hunter 170) in Glasgow.

References

Minuscule 562 Wikipedia