Minuscule 72 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 110 ( von Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", ''

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'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 50. John Mill called it ''Codex Ephesinus''. The manuscript has complex contents with full marginalia. It is currently housed at the

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( Harley MS 5647).

Description

The codex contains complete text of the four

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s on 268 leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 22-24 lines per page in an elegant minuscule letters. The capital letters in red. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (Matthew 360, Mark 240 – 16:19; Luke 342, John 232), with references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains the '' Epistle to Carpianum'', the tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, portraits of the four Evangelists, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of (in Mark). It is elegantly written. It has

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in Matthew and two scholia in Mark (16:19.20). It has various readings and personal notes in the margin of the codex written in Greek and Arabic. The text of Matthew is surrounded by a catena (largely derived from the homilies of

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Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland did not place it in any Category. According to Hermann von Soden it is related to the Family Π. It was confirmed by Kirsopp Lake.Kirsopp Lake, "Family Π and the Codex Alexandrinus. The Text According to Mark", London 1936. According to the

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it represents family Π^a in Luke 1 and family K^x in Luke 10 and Luke 20. It does not contain the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).

History

The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century. It was written in Syria or Palestina.Harley 5647
at the ''British Library'' According to Arabic notes on a margin, the manuscript was later in the property of a Presbyter David, the son of Micheal the Metropolitan of Bosra. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883. It was examined by Wettstein in 1731 and Griesbach.

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at the ''British Library'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0072 Greek New Testament minuscules 11th-century biblical manuscripts Harleian Collection

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