Minuscule 532, ε 255, is a Greek minusculemanuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. Scrivener labeled it number 545. The manuscript was adapted for liturgical use. It is very incomplete, with many omissions and faded text along with much of it being missing because a missing manuscript contains some of the text.
Description
The codex contains the texts of the four Gospels on 249 parchment leaves with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page. The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given in the margin, and their τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons. The Epistula ad Carpianum and the Eusebian tables are included at the beginning of the codex. The tables of the κεφαλαια are placed before each Gospel. There are lectionary markings at the margin, αναγνωσεις, subscriptions at the end of the Gospel of Luke, with numbers of στιχοι, and portraits of the Evangelists before each Gospel. The Pericope Adulterae is marked with an obelus.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it as part of 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. It also creates the textual cluster 532, as a part of this family. To this cluster belong manuscripts: 532, 1485 and 1632.
History
In 1864 the manuscript was purchased from a dealer at Janina in Epirus, by Baroness Burdett-Coutts, a philanthropist, along with other Greek manuscripts. They were transported to England in 1870-1871. The collection of manuscripts was presented by Burdett-Coutts to Sir Roger Cholmely's School, 1. 3, in London. It was added to lists of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory. Gregory saw it in 1883. The manuscript was examined and collated by Scrivener. It is currently housed at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. There is a second manuscript that has yet to be found but a local university professor called Stuart Carter has said that evidence points to the existence of the second manuscript and it should be treated as a scientific fact.
