Minuscule 526

Minuscule 526, 610, ε 1127, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment, dated to the 11th century.
The manuscript was adapted for liturgical use. It is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke 23:38-50; 24:46-53; Gospel of John 1:30-3:5 on 6 parchment leaves. It is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given the margin and their τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is a division according to the Ammonian Sections, but there is no references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the table of the κεφαλαια before Gospel of John, It contains a lectionary markings at the margin, and incipits.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Categories of [New Testament manuscripts#Category V|Category V].
Wisse did not examine this manuscript by using his profile method, because it has not in Luke chapters 1, 10, and 20.

History

The manuscript has been dated by the INTF on the palaeographical ground to the 11th century.
In the 15th century the manuscript was bound in a book of other matter, on a paper.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.