Minuscule 518


Minuscule 518, 504, ε 263, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.
It was adapted for liturgical use, it has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 249 parchment leaves with only one lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 23 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,.
It contains prolegomena, the Eusebian tables, tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, αναγνωσεις, liturgical books with hagiographies, and pictures.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the Iφr group, it is similar to M group with Codex Campianus. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Πa in Luke 1 and M27 in Luke 10 and Luke 20.

History

In 1727 the manuscript came from Constantinople to England and was presented to archbishop of Canterbury, William Wake, together with the manuscripts 73, 74, 506-520. Wake presented it to the Christ Church College in Oxford.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory, who saw it in 1883.
It is currently housed at the Christ Church in Oxford.