Minuscule 544
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New Testament manuscript |
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The first page of Matthew; the decorated headpiece
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| Text | Gospels |
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| Date | 13th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | University of Michigan |
| Size | 13 cm by 9 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type / mixed |
| Category | none |
| Hand | neatly written |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 544 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), 557 (in the Scrivener's numbering), ε 337 (in Soden's numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. The manuscript has complex contents. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It was not adapted for liturgical use.
It came from Epeiros, it is housed at the University of Michigan. It was digitised and it is available online.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 256 parchment leaves (size 13 cm by 9 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page. It is neatly written in minute hand. The style of writing resembles codex 542 (Scrivener's 555).
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numerals are given at the margin in red, τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top and bottom of the several pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 235 Sections, the last section in 16:12) in red, (no references to the Eusebian Canons). The κεφαλαια and the Ammonian Sections are often put in wrong places. There are no lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use.
It contains lists of the κεφαλαια (tables of contents) to the last three Gospels, and pictures of the Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, and John. The decorated head-pieces stand at the beginning of each Gospel. It has not lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use). The nomina sacra are contracted in usual way.
Errors of iotacism (especially ει or ι for η, ο for ω, and vice versa) are rare in the first two Gospels, but more frequent afterwards.
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