Minuscule 836 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε46 ( von Soden), is a 14th-century

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of the

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on paper. The manuscript is not complete, it lacks

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The

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contains the text of the

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, and

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on 277 paper leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 33 lines per page. The headpieces are in red. 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. It has some notes at the margin. It contains a commentary of Theophylact.

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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placed it in Category V. It was not examined by the

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. ; Textual variants * Matthew 1:3b-4a δε εγεννησε τον Αραμ. Αραμ δε εγεννησε τον Αμιναδαβ, Αμιναδαβ δε εγεννησε ] omit * Matthew 1:24 – διεγερθεις δε ο Ιωσεφ απο ] διεγερθεις δε α απο

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dated the manuscript to the 14th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the

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to the 14th century. The manuscript once belonged to the Convent of S. Marco de Florentia des Predigerordens as

minuscule 196 Minuscule 196 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Zε23 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefass ...

. The manuscript was examined and described by

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.Angelo Bandini
''Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum, latinorum, italicorum etc, Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae''
(Florence 1767-1778), p. 513. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (836^e). Gregory saw it in 1886. It was digitized in 2009. Currently the manuscript is housed at the

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(Plutei XI. 18), in

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* ttp://teca.bmlonline.it/TecaViewer/index.jsp?RisIdr=TECA0000166676 Imagesat the ''Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 836 Greek New Testament minuscules 14th-century biblical manuscripts

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