Minuscule 563


Minuscule 563, ε 160, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.
Scrivener labelled it by number 519.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 198 parchment leaves, with only one lacuna in John 21:19-25. The manuscript was written by many hands. The writing is in one column per page, 20-26 lines per page.
It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια before every Gospel, numerals of the κεφαλαια are given at the margin, the τιτλοι, the Ammonian Sections, the Eusebian Canons, lectionary markings, subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels, and pictures.
The manuscript has survived in bad condition.

Text

The Greek text of the codex Hermann von Soden classified to the textual family Kx. Aland did not placed it in any Category.
According to Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 10. In Luke it represents mixed text, in Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text.
The text of and John 21:19-25 were omitted by the original scribe.

History

The manuscript was brought from the East by Sir John Chielsey, who presented it to the library in 1650. The manuscript was announced by Gustav Haenel. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener.
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Edinburgh University Library in Glasgow.