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Minuscule 219 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 385 ( Soden), is a
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of the
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, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.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. 60.
It has
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Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four
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s, on 232 parchment leaves (size ). It is written in one column per page, 21 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers 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 233, 16:8), with references to the
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(written below Ammonian Section numbers). It contains the lists of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.


Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the
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. Aland placed it in Category V.
Hermann von Soden Baron Hermann von Soden (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1914) was a German Biblical scholar, minister, professor of divinity, and textual theorist. Life Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 16, 1852, Soden was educated at the University of Tübinge ...
classified it to the textual family E. According to the
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it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 210. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates pair with 2217.


History

The manuscript once belonged to J. Sambucky († 1584).
Francis Karl Alter Francis Karl Alter () (1749–1804), a Jesuit, born in Silesia, and professor of Greek at Vienna, was an editor of the Greek text of the New Testament.Bruce M. Metzger, Bart D. Ehrman, "The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption ...
used it in his edition of the Greek text of the New Testament.F. K. Alter, ''Novum Testamentum Graecum, ad Codicem Vindobonensem Graece expressum: Varietam Lectionis addidit Franciscus Carolus Alter'', 2 vols. 8vo, Vienna, 1786-1787.
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saw it in 1887. It is currently housed at the
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(Theol. Gr. 321), at
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See also

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List of New Testament minuscules The list of New_Testament_minuscule, New Testament Minuscules ordered by Gregory–Aland index number is divided into three sections: * List of New Testament minuscules (1–1000) * List of New Testament minuscules (1001–2000) * List of New Test ...
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Biblical manuscript A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. Biblical manuscripts vary in size from tiny scrolls containing individual verses of the Jewish scriptures (see '' Tefillin'') to huge polyglot codices (multi- ...
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Textual criticism Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books. Such texts may rang ...


References


Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0219 Greek New Testament minuscules 13th-century biblical manuscripts Biblical manuscripts in the Austrian National Library