Minuscule 357 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A¹³⁵ ( Soden), is a

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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 parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. It has

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Description

The codex contains the text of the

Gospel of Luke The Gospel of Luke is the third of the New Testament's four canonical Gospels. It tells of the origins, Nativity of Jesus, birth, Ministry of Jesus, ministry, Crucifixion of Jesus, death, Resurrection of Jesus, resurrection, and Ascension of ...

and

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 281 parchment leaves () with catena. The text is written in one column per page, in 35 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. It contains the tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel (later hand), lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V. It was not examined by using the

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History

The manuscript once belonged to Cardinal

Bessarion Bessarion (; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472) was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the revival of letters in the 15th century. He was educated ...

(as codices 205,

354 __NOTOC__ Year 354 ( CCCLIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Constantius (or, less frequently, year 1107 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomin ...

). In 1722 it was in the hands of Hieronymus Venerius. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). It was examined by Burgon.

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saw it in 1886. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(Gr. Z. 28) in

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