Minuscule 523 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 145 (in the Soden numbering), is a

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of the

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, on a parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. Scrivener labelled it by number 489. It was adapted for liturgical use, with full

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Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four

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s on 270 parchment leaves (size ). It is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the

Eusebian Canons Eusebian canons, Eusebian sections or Eusebian apparatus, also known as Ammonian sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into Chapters and verses of the Bible, chapters ...

. The tables of the (''tables of contents'') are placed before every Gospel, it contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, (lessons),

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� ...

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, and pictures. It lacks the

Pericope Adulterae Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (or the ) is a passage (pericope) found in John 7:53–John 8#Pericope adulterae, 8:11 of the New Testament. It is considered by many to be Pseudepigrapha, pseudepigraphical. In the passage, Jesus was t ...

(John 7:53–8:11).

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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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 K^x. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the

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it represents textual family K^x in

Luke 1 Luke 1 is the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. With 80 verses, it is one of the longest chapters in the New Testament. This chapter describes the birth of John the Baptist and the events leading up ...

and

Luke 20 Luke 20 is the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the teaching of Jesus Christ in the temple in Jerusalem, especially his responses to questions raised by the Pharisees and Sadducees.Hal ...

. In

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no profile was made.

History

The manuscript once belonged to M. Aloys. Canonici, together with the manuscripts

522 __NOTOC__ Year 522 ( DXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Symmachus and Boethius (or, less frequently, year 1275 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominatio ...

524 Year 524 ( DXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday on the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iustinus and Opilio (or, less frequently, year 1277 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 524 for ...

, and 525, then to Bandinelli from Venice, and in 1817 was acquired by the Bodleian Library. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament minuscule manuscripts by Scrivener (489) and Gregory (523). Gregory saw it in 1883. It is currently housed at the

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(MS. Canon. Gr. 36) in

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