Minuscule 550

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 211 parchment leaves (size ). The writing is in one column per page, 33 lines per page, in large and spread minuscule letters. The text is divided according to the (chapters), whose numerals are given at the margin, and the (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 240 sections, the last in 16:9), (no references to the Eusebian Canons). It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Prolegomena (added by a later hand), tables of the (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, liturgical books with hagiographies (Synaxarion and Menologion), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel with numbers of , and marginal notes. == Text ==

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. == History ==

In 1609 the manuscript belonged to Gerasimus. It was held in the Karakalou monastery at Athos peninsula. In 1837 Robert Curzon, Lord Zouche, brought this manuscript to England (along with the codices 547-551). The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscript by F. H. A. Scrivener (536) and C. R. Gregory (549). It was examined by Scrivener, Dean Burgon, and Gregory. It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 39593) in London. == See also ==