Minuscule 504


Minuscule 504, 585, ε 111, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment, dated to the year 1033.
The manuscript has complex context with full marginalia. It was adapted for liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 287 parchment leaves. It is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια are placed before every Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, liturgical books with hagiographies, and pictures.
It has many marginal corrections of the text.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.

History

The manuscript is dated by a colophon to the year 1033.
The manuscript was written by Synesius, a priest. It was bought by H. Rodd in 1848.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener and C. R. Gregory. It was examined by Scrivener, Gregory, and Kirsopp Lake.
It is currently housed at the British Library in London.