Minuscule 570


Minuscule 570, ε 1220, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.
The manuscript is lacunose. It was labelled by Scrivener as 479.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 194 parchment leaves with some lacunae. The writing is in one column per page, 24 lines per page. It contains Prolegomena of Kosmas.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. 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 was brought by Tischendorf from the East. The manuscripts was examined and described by Eduard de Muralt, then by Kurt Treu.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg.