Minuscule 443 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 270 (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 12th century. It has

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Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four

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s on 235 parchment leaves (). The text is written in two columns per page, in 24 lines per page. The columns have size only 17.3 by 5.5 cm. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the

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(written below Ammonian Section numbers). It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Canon tables, prolegomena, lists of the (''tables of contents'') are placed before each Gospel,

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, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the

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it belongs to the textual cluster M159 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) is marked with an

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History

The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 12th century. The manuscript once belonged to Anthony Askew (1722-1774) (as codices

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and 439). It was bought for the University Library in 1775 for £20, at the celebrated book-sale of Anthony Askew. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).

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saw it in 1886. It is currently housed at the

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(Nn. 2.36) in

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References

External links

* R. Waltz
Minuscule 443
at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0443 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts

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