Minuscule 249 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), N^L10 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th 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. 62.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

Gospel of John The Gospel of John () is the fourth of the New Testament's four canonical Gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "Book of Signs, signs" culminating in the raising of Lazarus (foreshadowing the ...

on 808 parchment leaves (). The text is written in 1 column per page, 30 lines per page. The text of the Gospel of John is surrounded by a commentary ( catena) of Nicetas's authorship. The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the

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. Aland did not list it to any

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. In John 14:14 it has textual variant εαν τι αιτησητε τον πατερα instead of εαν τι αιτησητε με. The same variant appears in minuscule 397. It is difficult to date on palaeographical grounds.

History

According to F. H. A. Scrivener and

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the manuscript was written in the 11th century. Currently it is dated by the

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to the 12th century. Formerly the manuscript was held at the Pantokrator monastery at Athos peninsula (as codex 74). It was brought to Moscow, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the

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, in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676). It was examined by

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and Treu. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(V. 90, S. 93) at

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External links

Minuscule 249
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0249 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts

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