Minuscule 587
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 587
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| text = Gospels
| script = Greek
| date = 12th century
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| now at = Biblioteca Ambrosiana
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| size = {{×|22.3|18.9}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = V
| hand = beautifully written
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Minuscule 587 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 229 (von Soden),{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n79/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=68}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 81. The manuscript has complex contents. It was labeled by Scrivener as 456.{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
|author2=Edward Miller
| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol. 1
| publisher = George Bell & Sons
| year = 1894
| location = London
| edition = 4
| page = 243
}}
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 183 parchment leaves (size {{×|22.3|18.9}}) with only one lacuna (Matthew 1:1-20). The text is written in one column per page, 25-27 lines per page, initial letters in silver. It is beautifully written.
It contains prolegomena, lists of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}}, numerals of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} at the margin, (not {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}}), the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 240 Sections - the last in 16:19), (not references to the Eusebian Canons), and pictures (almost obliterated).{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| page = 205
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n217/mode/2up
}}
The last leaf of the codex, contains text of John 21:8-25, was supplemented in the 15th century.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it as a member of the textual family Kx.{{Cite book
| last = Wisse
| first = Frederik
| title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1982
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/63 63]
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/63
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
}} Aland placed it in Category V.{{Cite book
| last1 = Aland
| first1 = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| author-link2 = Barbara Aland
| others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
| title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1995
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt/page/n161 139]
| url = https://archive.org/details/textnewtestament00kurt
| url-access = limited
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
According to the Wisse's Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.
History
The manuscript was added to the List of New Testament manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (M. 48 sup.), at Milan.
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 205
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n217/mode/2up
}}
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