Minuscule 415 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 421 (in the Soden numbering), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1356. It has

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Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four

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s on 226 parchment leaves (). The text is written in one column per page, in 27 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, the (''titles'') at the top of the pages. It contains tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, Argumentum, lectionary markings at the margin at the margin, (''lessons''), subscriptions at the end of each Gospel,

Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; el, Συναξάριον, from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of '' synaxis'' and '' synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; cop, ⲥⲩⲛ� ...

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, and pictures.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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classified it to the textual family K^r. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the

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it represents textual family Π^b in Luke 1 (weak member) and family Π^a in Luke 20 (weak member). In Luke 10 no profile was made.

History

According to the colophon the manuscript was written in January, 1356. Wiedmann and J. G. J. Braun collated some portions of the manuscript for Scholz (1794-1852). The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.

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

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(Gr. I. 22) in

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