Minuscule 580 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1291 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 81.
Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 385 leaves (size ). It is written in one column per page, 16 lines per page. The words are written continuously without any separation.
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, lists of the are placed before every Gospel, numerals of the are given at the margin, the , the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233 Sections – the last in 16:5), (not the Eusebian Canons), lectionary markings, liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion and Menologion).
According to Scrivener it is a beautiful manuscript.
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 and Luke 10, but in Luke 20 it belongs to the textual group Π473.
History
The manuscript was examined and described by Paulin Martin,Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au N. T., conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris (Paris 1883), p. 37 and by William Hatch.
Scrivener labelled it by 744.
The manuscript currently housed in at the National Library of France (Gr. 119), at Paris.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules Biblical manuscript Textual criticism
References
Further reading
W. H. Hatch, Facsimiles and descriptions of minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament (Cambridge, 1951), L.