Minuscule 827 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε309 ( von Soden), is a 13th-century

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of the

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on parchment.

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The

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contains the text of the four

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s, on 225 parchment leaves (size ), with one lacuna at the end. The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. The text of John 19:21–21:25 was supplied by a later hand. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), and according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections, the last numbered section in 16:12). The numerals of the are given at the left margin, and their (''titles'') at the top of the pages. The Ammonian Sections are given without a references to the

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(written under Ammonian Sections). It contains subscriptions at the end of each Gospel and versification. There are blank spaces for pictures.

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 I^φb. Aland did not place it in any

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. According to Aland it belongs to the textual family 1424. According to the

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it represents textual cluster 827 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20. It is a perfect member of the family. The cluster has following profile: : Luke 1: (4), 5, (6), 9, 28, 33, 34, (36), 37, 53. : Luke 10: 15, 19, 48, 51, 55, 57, 58, 62. : Luke 20: 1, (9), 21, 33, 42, 43, 48, 55, 65, 74. The cluster 827 consisting of manuscripts 827, 1050, 1446, 1457, 1593, and 2766. Minuscule 827 is the lead manuscript of the cluster. It lacks the text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).

History

Gregory dated the manuscript to the 13th century, other palaeographers dated it to the 11th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 13th century. The manuscript was examined and described by Antonio Rocci in 1882. The manuscript was collated by F. G. Carver in 1958.J.K. Elliott, ''A Bibliography of Greek New Testament Manuscripts'', Cambridge University Press 1989, p. 122. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (625) and Gregory (827^e). Gregory saw it in 1886. Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca della Badia (A' α. 4), in Grottaferrata.

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