Minuscule 561

Minuscule 561 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1289 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 521.

The manuscript has complex contents. It has marginalia.

Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 290 parchment leaves (size $$). The manuscript was written by many hands. The writing is in one column per page, 21-25 lines per page.

The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numerals are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, (no references to the Eusebian Canons).

It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.

Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified to the textual family Kx. Aland did not placed it in any Category.

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10. In Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text.

History


According to the INTF it was written in the 13th-century.

The manuscript was written in Italy. It once belonged to Brian Walton in 1656. It was in Caesar de Missy's collection in London in 1748 (along with the codex 560, ℓ 162, ℓ 239). It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (521) and Gregory (561).

Currently the manuscript is housed at the Glasgow University Library (Ms. Hunter 476) in Glasgow.