Minuscule 572 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1221 (in the Soden numbering), is a

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of the

New Testament The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...

, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the year 12th century. It was labeled by Scrivener as 480. The manuscript has not complex contents.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Mark is the second of the four canonical Gospels and one of the three synoptic Gospels, synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from baptism of Jesus, his baptism by John the Baptist to his death, the Burial of Jesus, ...

8:3-9:50 on 19 parchment leaves (size ). The writing is in one column per page, 12 lines per page. After every word there is a dot.

Text

Aland did not place the text of the codex in any

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History

The manuscript was brought from the

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. The manuscript was examined and described by

Eduard de Muralt Eduard de Muralt ( Bischofszell 1808–1895) was a Swiss-German professor of theology, librarian, and palaeographer. Born in Bischofszell, as son of Kaspar, a dealer, and of Elizabeth Sprüngli. Studies of theology in Zurich (finished in 1832), t ...

(along with the codices

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566 566 ( DLXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 566 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. ...

, 568, 570-

571 __NOTOC__ Year 571 (Roman numerals, DLXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 571 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent ...

574 Year 574 ( DLXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 574 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming ...

, 575, and

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), who did not examine any of its readings, then by

Kurt Treu Kurt Treu (15 September 1928 in Karja, Saare County, Estonia – 6 June 1991 in Vienna, Austria), was a German classical philologist. He was born the son of a German parson on the island Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia. In 1940, because of ...

. The manuscript belonged to the same codex as

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, still housed at the

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(Gr. 194, 58 fol.). Currently the manuscript is housed at the

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(Gr. 91, fol. 19) in

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at the RNB {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0572 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts National Library of Russia collection

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