Minuscule 579


Minuscule 579, ε 376, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Formerly it was labelled as 80e. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels with some lacunae on 152 leaves. The text is written in one column per page, 28-39 lines per page. Words are written continuously without any separation, but includes accents and breathings.
It contains lists of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, numbers of the κεφαλαια at the margin, and the τιτλοι at the top of the pages. It has the Ammonian sections but no references to the Eusebian Canons. The Old Testament quotations are rarely indicated.
It has the same system of chapter divisions, as Codex Vaticanus and Codex Zacynthius.
The text of is placed after verse 9. It contains two endings of the Gospel of Mark.
It has two endings to the Gospel of Mark. It lacks the text of Luke 22:43-44 and Luke 23:34.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type in Mark and Luke. Aland placed it in Category II in Mark and Luke.
It was confirmed by the Claremont Profile Method, though in Luke 10 and Luke 20 it is a weak representative of the Alexandrian text. In Matthew its text belongs to the late Byzantine group.
In John 8:6 it reads μη προσποιουμενος along with Codex Cyprius.

History

The manuscript once belonged to Johannes Georg Graeve and was collated by Anthony Bynaeus in 1691. It passed into the hands of J. van der Hagen, who showed it to Johann Jakob Wettstein in 1739. It was bought by Ambrose Didot and sold to Mons. Lesoef.
The manuscript was examined and described by Paulin Martin. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884.
It is currently housed in at the National Library of France, at Paris.