Minuscule 463 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. Formerly it was labeled by 103^a and 118^p.

Description

The codex contains

scholia Scholia (: scholium or scholion, from , "comment", "interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments – original or copied from prior commentaries – which are inserted in the margin of the manuscript of ancient a ...

to the Acts and Epistles, with the entire text for

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1:1-9:12 on 235 parchment leaves (), with some lacunae. The text is written in two columns per page, 39 lines per page. It contains prolegomena,

Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; , from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of '' synaxis'' and ''synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; ; Ge'ez: ሲናክሳሪየም(ስንክ� ...

, tables of the (''tables of contents'') at the beginning, and

to the Acts, Catholic and the Pauline epistles. The order of books: Acts,

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, and

Pauline epistles The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest ext ...

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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. In 1 John 5:6 it has textual variant δι' ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος (''through water and spirit'') together with the manuscripts 43,

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, 1241, 1831, 1877*, 1891.UBS3, p. 823.For the other textual variants of this verse see: Textual variants in the First Epistle of John.

History

The manuscript came from the

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. The manuscript was examined by Matthaei and Treu. It is currently housed at the

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(V. 95, S. 346) in

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. Formerly it was labeled by 103^a and 118^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 463 to it.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0463 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts

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