Minuscule 434 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Ν^λ48 (in the Soden numbering), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.

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The codex contains only the text of the

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1:5-6:21 on 424 parchment leaves () with a catena. It is written in one column per page, in 28-30 lines per page. Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any

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. It was not examined by the

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F. H. A. Scrivener and

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dated the manuscript to the 14th century. Currently it is dated by the

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to the 13th century. The manuscript was brought from Constantinople by

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(together with the codex

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). It was examined by

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and Scholz. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by

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(1794–1852).

saw it in 1887. It is currently housed at the

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(Theol. gr. 71) in

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