Minuscule 1253 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε64 ( von Soden). It is a Greek

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manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has ...

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 paper. Palaeografically it has been assigned to the 15th century (or about 1200). The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christianity, Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the second century Anno domino, AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message w ...

s with a commentaries of Theophylact, written on 209 paper leaves (30 cm by 23 cm). It has two lacunae in Matthew 1:1-2; John 9:3-21.25. The text is written in two columns per page, in 36 and more lines per page. It contains pictures.

Text

Aland did not place its text into any

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. According to the

Claremont Profile Method The Claremont Profile Method is a method for classifying ancient manuscripts of the Bible. It was elaborated by Ernest Cadman Colwell and his students. Professor Frederik Wisse attempted to establish an accurate and rapid procedure for the classi ...

it has mixed text in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. In Matthew 6:13, in the

Lord's Prayer The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father (, ), is a central Christian prayer attributed to Jesus. It contains petitions to God focused on God’s holiness, will, and kingdom, as well as human needs, with variations across manusc ...

it has unique addition ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία, τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν. In Matthew 19:16 it reads διδασκαλε αγαθε (''good teacher'') — C, K, W, Δ, Θ, ''f''¹³, 28, 33,

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, 700, 892^mg,

1009 Year 1009 ( MIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. It was the 1009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 11th century, and the 10th ...

, 1071, 1079, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241, 1242, 1344, 1546, 1646, 2148, 2174, Byz, Lect, it, vg, syr, cop^sa, arm, eth, Diatessaron. In Luke 15:21 it has additional reading ποιησον με ως ενα των μισθιων σου; the reading is supported by

Sinaiticus The Codex Sinaiticus (; Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), also called the Sinai Bible, is a fourth-century Christian manuscript of a Greek Bible, containing the majority of the Greek Old Testament, including the deuterocanonical ...

, Vaticanus, Bezae, Monacensis, 33, 700, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241, 1344, ℓ ''13'', ℓ ''15'', ℓ ''60'', ℓ ''80'', ℓ ''185''. It contains text of Luke 22:43-44 (''Christ's agony''). In John 6:1 it reads της θαλασσης της Γαλιλαιας εις τα μερη της Τιβεριαδος – along with

Codex Bezae The Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis is a bi-lingual Greek and Latin manuscript of the New Testament written in an uncial hand on parchment. It is designated by the siglum D or 05 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and � ...

, Θ,

892 Year 892 (Roman numerals, DCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 892nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 892nd year of the 1st millennium, the 92nd year of the 9th century, a ...

, 1009, 1230.UBS3, p. 342

History

According to

Victor Gardthausen Victor Emil Gardthausen (26 August 1843 – 27 December 1925) was a German ancient historian, palaeographer, librarian, and Professor from Leipzig University. He was author and co-author of some books; editor of ancient texts. Life Gardthausen w ...

, the manuscript was written in the 16th century. Currently it is dated by the

INTF The Institute for New Testament Textual Research ( — INTF) at the University of Münster, Westphalia, Germany, is to research the textual history of the New Testament and to reconstruct its Greek initial text on the basis of the entire manuscri ...

to the 15th century. Nothing is known concerning the history of the codex until the year 1886, when it was seen by Victor Gardthausen, a German palaeographer, who first described the codex. On the basis of Gardthausen description,

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added it to his list of the New Testament manuscripts. The codex is currently located in the

Saint Catherine's Monastery Saint Catherine's Monastery ( , ), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Catherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, is a Christian monastery located in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Located at the foot of Mount Sinai ...

(Shelf number Gr. 303), at Sinai.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 1253 Greek New Testament minuscules 15th-century biblical manuscripts

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