Minuscule 90 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 652 ( Soden), known as ''Codex Jo. Fabri'', 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 paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 16th 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. 52. It has full

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Description

The codex contains the text of the four

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Paul Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...

Acts The Acts of the Apostles (, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; ) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire. Acts and the Gospel of Luke make up a two-par ...

, and

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. The Gospels follow in the order: John, Luke, Matthew, Mark (as in codex 382 and 399).

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is written twice, from different copies. The codex was split in two volumes. First volume contains 227 paper leaves, 2 volume – 253 leaves. The text is written with size 25.5 cm by 17.6 cm, in one column per page, 17-30 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin (also in Latin), and the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the

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(written below Ammonian Section numbers). It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and

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. According to the subscription at the end of the

Epistle to the Romans The Epistle to the Romans is the sixth book in the New Testament, and the longest of the thirteen Pauline epistles. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by Paul the Apostle to explain that Salvation (Christianity), salvation is offered ...

, it was written προς Ρωμαιους εγραφη απο Κορινθου δια Φοιβης της διακονου; the same subscription have manuscripts: 42,

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, 339, 462,

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, 642;

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V. The manuscript was not examined by using the

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History

This codex belonged in the past to Hinckelmann of Hamburg, and to Wolff. Possibly the manuscript was copied from

minuscule 74 Minuscule 74 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 321 ( von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. It was written in 1291 or 1292. Some leaves of the codex were lost.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. J ...

. It was collated by Wettstein.

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saw it in 1891. Formerly it was held in Hamburg. It is currently housed in at the

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(Remonstr. 186), at

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