Text Gospels † Script Greek Type Alexandrian text-type | Date 13th century Size 23.3 cm by 16.2 cm | |
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Minuscule 579 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 376 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Formerly it was labelled as 80e (Scrivener). The manuscript is lacunose.
Contents
Description
The codex contains complete text of the four Gospels with some lacunae (Mark 3:28-4:8; John 20:15-21:25) on 152 leaves (size 23.3 cm by 16.2 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 28-39 lines per page. Words are written continuously without any separation, accents, and breathings.
It contains lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, numbers of the κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, and the τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. It has the Ammonian sections (in Mark 233 Sections – 16:5) but not references to the Eusebian Canons. The Old Testament quotations are rarely indicated.
It has the same system of chapter divisions, as Codex Vaticanus and Codex Zacynthius.
The text of Matthew 16:2b–3 (Signs of the Times) is placed after verse 9. It contains two endings of the Gospel of Mark. It has two endings to the Gospel of Mark (as in codices Ψ, 099, 0112, 274mg, and ℓ 1602). It lacks the text of Luke 22:43-44 and Luke 23:34.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type in Mark and Luke. Aland placed it in Category II in Mark and Luke. It was confirmed by the Claremont Profile Method, though in Luke 10 and Luke 20 it is a weak representative of the Alexandrian text. In Matthew its text belongs to the late Byzantine group.
In John 8:6 it reads μη προσποιουμενος along with Codex Cyprius.
History
The manuscript once belonged to Johannes Georg Graeve and was collated by Anthony Bynaeus in 1691 (as minuscule 80). It passed into the hands of J. van der Hagen, who showed it to Johann Jakob Wettstein in 1739. It was bought by Ambrose Didot and sold to Mons. Lesoef.
The manuscript was examined and described by Paulin Martin. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884.
It is currently housed in at the National Library of France (Gr. 97), at Paris.