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Minuscule 389 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 105 ( Soden), is a
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of the
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, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. It has
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.


Description

The codex contains the text of the four
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s on 197 parchment leaves (), written in one column per page, 23 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, with their (''titles of chapters'') at the top and the bottom of the pages (with a harmony). There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the
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(written below Ammonian Section numbers). It contains the Eusebian Canon tables, lists of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of , and pictures.


Text

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 Ικ.
Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and Biblical studies, biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the ''Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Institut für neutest ...
the Greek text of the codex did not place in any
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. According to the
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it belongs to the textual family Πa in
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, Luke 10, and Luke 20, as a weak member.


History

The manuscript together with
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388 Year 388 ( CCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1141 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 3 ...
, and
390 __NOTOC__ Year 390 (Roman numerals, CCCXC) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valentinian II, Augustus and Neoterius (or, less frequently, year 1143 ''Ab ur ...
belonged to Giovanni Angelo Herzog von Altaemps (died 1627). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by
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(1794–1852). It was examined and described by
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.
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saw it in 1886. As of 2009, the manuscript is housed at the
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(Ottob. gr. 297) in
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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 0389 Greek New Testament minuscules 11th-century biblical manuscripts Manuscripts in the Vatican Library