Minuscule 17 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 525 ( Soden). It is a

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of the

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, on 354 parchment leaves (), dated palaeographically to the 15th century (according to Scrivener 16th-century). It has some

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The codex contains a complete text of the four

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s on 354 parchment leaves. The text is written in two columns per page, 25-26 lines per page. The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin. It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), Latin

Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; , from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of '' synaxis'' and ''synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; ; Ge'ez: ሲናክሳሪየም(ስንክ� ...

, and pictures. It contains the Latin

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version.

Text

Aland did not place the Greek text in any

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. According to the

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in represents textual family K^x in Luke 1 and Luke 20, in Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates the textual cluster 17 along with manuscripts 30, 70,

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, 287,

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, and

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. Among these manuscripts 30 and 288 form pairs. In Matthew 1:11 it has additional reading τον Ιωακιμ, Ιωακιμ δε εγεννησεν (''of Joakim, and Joakim was the father of''). The reading is supported by

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, Koridethi, manuscripts of the textual family ''f''¹, 33, 70, 71, and

; the reading was cited by Griesbach in his ''Novum Testamentum Graece''.

History

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the Spartan, who settled at Paris in 1472, and became the Greek teacher of Budaeus and Reuchlin". It once belonged to Cardinal Charles de Bourbon (1476-1488). It was examined by

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, Griesbach,J. J. Griesbach, ''Symbolae critiquae'', p. CLII Scholz, and

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saw the manuscript in 1885. It is currently housed at the

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(Gr. 55) at

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