Minuscule 507


Minuscule 507, ε 142, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th-century.
Scrivener labeled it by number 493. It was adapted for liturgical use.

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 221 parchment leaves. It is written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page.
The text is divided according to numbers of the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, with 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, Eusebian Canon tables,, tables of the κεφαλαια are placed before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, Synaxarion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, ρηματα, and numbers of Stichometry.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.

History

The manuscript was written by Abraham Teudas, a scribe. In 1724 the manuscript came from the Pantokratoros monastery to England and was presented to archbishop of Canterbury, William Wake, along with the codices 73, 74, 506-520. Wake presented it to the Christ Church College in Oxford. In 1732 John Walker slightly collated it for Bentley.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory. Gregory saw it in 1883.
It is currently housed at the Christ Church in Oxford.