Minuscule 533

The codex contains an incomplete text of the four Gospels on 237 parchment leaves (size ) with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-9:13; Luke 1:1-15; John 21:1-16). The text is divided according to the (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 241 Sections - the last in 16:20), but without references to the Eusebian Canons. The tables of the (tables of contents) are placed before each Gospel. It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, and iambic verses. == Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual cluster 121 in Luke 1 (fragmentary), Luke 10, and Luke 20. == History ==

The manuscript is dated by the INTF on the palaeographical ground to the 13th century. All collection of manuscripts was presented by Burdett-Coutts to Sir Roger Cholmely's School. The manuscript was added to the minuscule manuscripts of the New Testament by F. H. A. Scrivener (546) and C. R. Gregory (533). Gregory saw it in 1883. Formerly the manuscript was housed at the Highgate (Burdett-Coutts 1. 4), in London. It was examined by Scrivener. It is currently housed at the University of Michigan (Ms. 21) in Ann Arbor. == See also ==