Minuscule 564


Minuscule 564, ε 1026, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.
Scrivener labelled it by number 478.
The manuscript has complex contents.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 360 parchment leaves. The writing is in one column per page, 21 lines per page. The initial letters are in gold.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numerals are given at the margin,. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Canon tables, Prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια are placed before every Gospel, lectionary markings, liturgical books with hagiographies, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and numbers of Stichometry.

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, and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.
The Pericope Adulterae is placed at the end of John.

History

The manuscript was brought by Constantin von Tischendorf from the East. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Library of the Leipzig University Library.