| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels † |
|---|---|
| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | University of Michigan |
| Size | 16.6 cm by 13.6 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | V |
| Note | incompletemarginalia |
Minuscule 533 (in theGregory-Aland numbering), ε 256 (inSoden's numbering),[1] is aGreekminusculemanuscript of theNew Testament, on a parchment, dated to the 13th century. It was adapted for liturgical use;marginalia are incomplete.
Scrivener labelled it by number 546. The manuscript is lacunose.
The codex contains an incomplete text of the fourGospels on 237 parchment leaves (size 16.6 cm by 13.6 cm) with somelacunae (Matthew 1:1-9:13; Luke 1:1-15; John 21:1-16).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to theκεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and theirτιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 Sections - the last in 16:20), but without references to theEusebian Canons.[2][4]
The tables of theκεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel. It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, and iambic verses.[2][4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of theByzantine text-type.Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual familyKx.[5]Aland placed it inCategory V.[6]
According to theClaremont Profile Method it represents textual cluster121 inLuke 1 (fragmentary),Luke 10, andLuke 20.[5] Wisse did not assign cluster 121 to the family Kx.[7]
The manuscript is dated by theINTF on thepalaeographical ground to the 13th century.[3]
In 1864 the manuscript was purchased from a dealer atJanina in Epeiros, byBaroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), a philanthropist, together with other Greek manuscripts (among them codices532-546). They were transported to England in 1870-1871.[2][8] All collection of manuscripts was presented by Burdett-Coutts to Sir Roger Cholmely's School.
The manuscript was added to the minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament byF. H. A. Scrivener (546) andC. R. Gregory (533).[4] Gregory saw it in 1883.[2]
Formerly the manuscript was housed at the Highgate (Burdett-Coutts 1. 4), in London.[2] It was examined by Scrivener.[4]
It is currently housed at theUniversity of Michigan (Ms. 21) inAnn Arbor.[3]
