Minuscule 557
Minuscule 557 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 356 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 524. Description. The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 183 parchment leaves (size ). The writing is in one column per page, 27 lines per page. It is beautifully written. It contains Prolegomena, tables of the are placed before each Gospel, numerals of the are given at the margin, the at the top of the pages , the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 231 sections - 16:9) imperfectly given, (not the Eusebian Canons), subscriptions, and pictures of the Evangelists. The style of writing closely resembles Minuscule 38. Text. According to Hermann von Soden it is associated with the Iota text-type. The Greek text of the codex Aland did not place in any Category. According to the Claremont Profile Method in Luke 1 and 20 it belongs to the textual family Π. In Luke 10 no profile was made. History. The manuscript was in the possession of Earl of Leicester. It was added to the list of the New  Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (as codex 524) and was examined by Dean Burgon. The manuscripts was added to the list of the New Testament minuscule manuscripts by F. H. A. Scrivener (524) and C. R. Gregory (557). Currently the manuscript is housed at the Bodleian Library (Bod. Holkham Gr. 114, olim [Holkham Hall] Earl of Leicester 4) in Oxford.