Minuscule 163 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 114 ( Soden), is a

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of the

New Testament The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...

, on parchment. It is dated by its colophon to the year 1193 (?).K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''

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'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 56 It has complex contents and full

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Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four

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s on 173 thick parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in two columns per page, in 33 lines per page, ink is black. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, (no ). There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 237 – the last section in 16:15), with references to the

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(written below Ammonian Section numbers). It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of the (''tables of contents'') are placed before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, incipits,

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, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of , and numbers of (to the first three Gospels), and pictures.

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Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...

the Greek text of the codex did not place in any

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. According to the

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it creates textual cluster 163 and textual pair with

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History

It was written in Syria, in 1193 (?). It was examined by

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(about 1782) and Scholz (1794-1852). Scholz ascribed it as "solumnodo pericopas in ecclesia legi sotitas".

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saw it in 1886. It is currently housed at the

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(Barberini, gr. 520), at

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