| New Testament manuscript | |
 The first page of Matthew with the decorated headpiece and "hypothesis" (in red) | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 1430 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | University of Michigan |
| Size | 19.6 cm by 14 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type / mixed |
| Category | none |
| Hand | neatly written |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 545 (in theGregory-Aland numbering), ε 511 (inSoden's numbering),[1] is aGreekminusculemanuscript of theNew Testament, on paper. It is dated by acolophon to the year 1430.[2] Scrivener labeled it by number 558. It is housed at theUniversity of Michigan.[2] It hasmarginalia.
The codex contains the text of the fourGospels, on a total of 430 paper leaves having a size of (19.6 cm by 14 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 16 lines per page.[2] According to Scrivener, "the leaves are much misplaced in binding".[3] Breathings and accents are regular. The text was revised by the first hand, but a later hand corrected this revision in several places.[4]
The text is divided according to theκεφαλαια (chapters), whose numerals are given at the margin, and theτιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top and bottom (not in Matthew). There is also a division according to the smallerAmmonian Sections, references to theEusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers). At the end of each Gospel are given numbers of Verses.[3][5]
It contains theEpistula ad Carpianum, Prolegomena,tables of the Eusebian Canons, lists of theκεφαλαια (lists of contents) before every Gospel, "hypothesis" – explanatory of using of the Eusebian Canons (only inMatthew), and pictures of thefour Evangelists, of theSaviour, and of theVirgin and Child.[3][5]A few church lessons are set at the margin.[6] Thenomina sacra are contracted in a usual way.
Iota adscript occurs 17 times up to Luke 1:77, then ceases, butiota subscript first in Luke 1:77 (in the same hand and on same page as the last adscriptum) thence found 85 times, mostly with article after the proposition εν.[4]
Errors ofiotacism are 398 (the first hand), some of them were corrected sometimes by a later hand. Scrivener enumerated all errors of the first hand:ω forο (64), ο for ω (56), ει forη (43), η for ει (75), η forι (18), ι for η (22), αι forε (30), ει for ι (9), ι for ει (11), η for υ (6),υ for η (6), ει for υ (2), υ for ει (only 1, in Matthew 12:48), υ for ι (3), ι for υ (2), ου for ο (1), ω for ου (4), ου for ω (7), η for ευ (in Luke 5:7 - ?), υ for ου (1), ι for οι (1), οι for ι (1), η for οι (3).[4]
There are nine omissions byhomoioteleuton (Matthew 13:12; Luke 10:27; 11:10; 17:33; 22:30; John 4:14; 8:24; 14:7.27).[4]
N εφελκυστικον occurs 17 times (thrice corrected).[4]
The only Alexandrian form is χειραν in John 20:25.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is mixed with a predominant element of theByzantine text-type. According toHermann von Soden it belongs to Ir, the most diluted form of theIota text-type, along with codices262,1187,1666, and1573.[7] The Greek text of the codexAland did not place in anyCategory.[8]According to theClaremont Profile Method it creates textual cluster with585, inLuke 1;Luke 10;Luke 20. It is a core member of this cluster.[7] It has an unusual readings in Mark 6:22; Luke 2:22; 14:4; 15:21; John 7:8; 10:11.[4]
The words before the bracket is the reading of theTextus Receptus.
According to the colophon the manuscript was written by Theodoros, a scribe, in the year of the world 6938, meaning A.D. 1439.[4] The colophon states:Παρ εμοι του ευτελους και αβρωτιμου παντων μεροπων και χωρικου γραφεως θεοδορου του κοτζα εκ χωρας μετωνης τελειωτεν εν ετει συστασεως κοσμου ς λη. Ιν. Η. Απο δε της ενσαρκου οικονομιας αυλ μηνι μαιω λα.[4]
In 1864, the manuscript was in the possession of a dealer atJanina in Epeiros. It was then purchased from him by a representative ofBaroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906), a philanthropist,[10] together with other Greek manuscripts (among them codices532-546).[5] They were transported to England in 1870–1871.[11]
The manuscript was presented by Burdett-Coutts to Sir Roger Cholmely's School, and was housed at the Highgate (Burdett-Coutts III. 10), in London.[12] In 1922 it was acquired for the University of Michigan.[13] It is currently housed at theUniversity of Michigan (Ms. 30) inAnn Arbor.[2]
It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts byF. H. A. Scrivener (558) andC. R. Gregory (545).[3] Gregory saw it in 1883.[5]
Scrivener examined, described and collated its text. His collation was edited posthumously inAdversaria critica sacra in 1893.[14]
