Minuscule 596
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 596
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| text = Gospel of Matthew-Gospel of Mark †
| script = Greek
| date = 11th century
| found =
| now at = Biblioteca Marciana
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| size = {{×|29.5|21}}
| type = Byzantine text-type
| cat = V
| hand =
| note = marginalia
}}
Minuscule 596 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε 12 (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=69}} is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th 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. 82. The manuscript is lacunose. It was labelled by Scrivener as 465.{{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
}}
It has marginalia.
Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew-Gospel of Mark on 228 parchment leaves (size {{×|29.5|21}}) with lacunae. The codex ends in Mark 12:17. The text is written in one column per page, 29 lines per page.
It contains the lists of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}}, numerals of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters) at the left margin, the {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}} (titles) at the top. It contains a Theophylact's commentary.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| page = 206
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n219/mode/2up
}}
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. 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 = 139
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
History
Formerly it was held in "Archivo" in Venice. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener. It was examined by Dean Burgon. Gregory saw it in 1886.
The manuscript currently is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. I,57 (995)), at Venice.
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
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 206
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n219/mode/2up
}}
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