Minuscule 863 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε301 ( von Soden), is a 12th-century

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of the

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on parchment. The manuscript has no complex context.

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The

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contains the text of the four

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s on 400 parchment leaves (size ), with a catena. It has some lacunae (John 18:10-21:25). The text is written in two columns per page, 41 lines per page. The biblical text is surrounded by a catena. The commentary is of Theophylact's authorship. It contains decorated head-pieces and decorated initial letters. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin of the text, and their (''titles'') at the top of the pages. It contains tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, and subscriptions at the end of each of the Gospels.

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did not place the Greek text of the codex in any

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. It was not examined by the

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History

F. H. A. Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 12th or 13th century,

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dated it to the 13th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the

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to the 12th century. According to the colophon it was written in 1154. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (676^e) and Gregory (863^e). Gregory saw it in 1886. It was examined by

Kirsopp Lake Kirsopp Lake (7 April 187210 November 1946) was an English New Testament Biblical scholar, scholar, Church history, Church historian, Palaeography#Greek Palaeography, Greek palaeographer, and Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard ...

. The manuscript once belonged to the Cardinal

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. Currently the manuscript is housed at the

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(Gr. 1221), in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 863 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts Manuscripts in the Vatican Library

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