| New Testament manuscript | |
_f84r.jpg) The beginning of Mark | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | University of Michigan |
| Size | 18 cm by 14 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | fullmarginalia |
Minuscule 532 (in theGregory-Aland numbering), ε 255 (inSoden's numbering),[1] is aGreekminusculemanuscript of theNew Testament, on parchment.Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] Scrivener labeled it number 545.[3]The manuscript was adapted for liturgical use. It is very incomplete, with many omissions and faded text along with much of it being missing because a missing manuscript contains some of the text.
The codex contains the texts of the fourGospels on 249 parchment leaves (size 18 cm by 14 cm) with somelacunae (Matthew 13:37-4:4; 22:31-23:4;Luke 8:3-16;John 8:1-28; 10:1-12:10; 13:18-34; 14:11-26; 15:24-21:25 are missing). The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to theκεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given in the margin, and theirτιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to theEusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[4]
TheEpistula ad Carpianum and the Eusebian tables are included at the beginning of the codex. The tables of theκεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel. There are lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use),αναγνωσεις (lessons), subscriptions at the end of the Gospel of Luke (only inLuke), with numbers of [[Stichometry|στιχοι]] (inLuke), and portraits of the Evangelists before each Gospel.[3][4]
ThePericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked with anobelus.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of theByzantine text-type.Hermann von Soden classified it as part of the textual familyKx.[5]Aland placed it inCategory V.[6]According to theClaremont Profile Method it represents the textual familyKx inLuke 1,Luke 10, andLuke 20.[5] It also creates the textual cluster 532, as a part of this family. To this cluster belong manuscripts: 532, 1485 and 1632.[7]
In 1864 the manuscript was purchased from a dealer atJanina inEpirus, byBaroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906), a philanthropist, along with other Greek manuscripts (among them codices533-546). They were transported to England in 1870-1871.[4][8] The collection of manuscripts was presented by Burdett-Coutts to Sir Roger Cholmely's School (Burdett-Coutts), 1. 3, in London.[4]
It was added to lists of New Testament minuscule manuscripts byF. H. A. Scrivener (545) andC. R. Gregory (532). Gregory saw it in 1883.[4]
The manuscript was examined and collated by Scrivener.[9]
It is currently housed at theUniversity of Michigan (Ms. 22) inAnn Arbor.[2]
There is a second manuscript that has yet to be found but a local university professor called Stuart Carter has said that evidence points to the existence of the second manuscript and it should be treated as a scientific fact.
