Codex Mosquensis II designated by V or 031 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 75 ( von Soden), is a Greek uncial

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of the

Gospels Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

, dated palaeographically to the 9th century. The manuscript is lacunose.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

s, on 220 parchment leaves (), with some

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e (Matthew 5:44-6:12, 9:18-10:1, 22:44-23:35, John 21:10-fin.). The leaves are arranged in octavo. The text of the manuscript is written in one column per page, 28 lines per page, in small and fine uncial letters, in a kind of

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. It contains accents, but punctuation is rare. The codex is written in uncial letters to John 8:39, where it breaks off, and from that point the text is continued in a minuscule hand from the 13th century. It contains

Epistula ad Carpianum The ''Epistula ad Carpianum'' ("Letter to Carpian") or Letter of Eusebius is the title traditionally given to a letter from Eusebius of Caesarea to a Christian named Carpianus. In this letter, Eusebius explains his ingenious system of gospel harmon ...

, the Eusebian tables, the tables of the (''tables of contents'') are placed before Gospels, but there are no divisions according to the (''chapters''). The text is divided only according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons; it has lectionary markings. According to

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it is written in a kind of

by a diligent scribe. The manuscript contains a portion from ''Chronology'' of Hippolitus from Theben.

John 8:39-21:10

The text of the

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8:39-21:10 is written in

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letters on 10 parchment leaves. The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, whose numbers are given at the margin with references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains

Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; el, Συναξάριον, from συνάγειν, ''synagein'', "to bring together"; cf. etymology of ''synaxis'' and ''synagogue''; Latin: ''Synaxarium'', ''Synexarium''; cop, ⲥⲩⲛⲁ ...

. The minuscule text was designated by Griesbach as 87, by Scholz as 250.

Text

The Greek text of this

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is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. It is a member of the textual family

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. It has some textual resemblance to

Codex Campianus Codex Campianus is designated as "M" or "021" in the Gregory-Aland cataloging system and as "ε 72" in the Von Soden system. It is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 9th century. The manuscript has co ...

. It lacks the text of Matthew 16:2b–3 (''the Signs of the Times'').

History and present Location

Formerly the manuscript was held at the monastery Vatopedi at

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peninsula. It was brought to Moscow in 1655, by the monk Arsenius, on the suggestion of the

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, in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645–1676). The manuscript was collated by Matthaei. It was collated by Matthaei in 1779 and in 1783. In 1783 the manuscript lacked only the texts Matthew 22:44-23:35, John 21:10-fin. It was one of the best manuscripts of Matthaei.

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used the work of Matthaei in his ''Novum Testamentum''. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1868. The manuscript was examined by Kurt Treu.Kurt Treu ''Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments in der UdSSR; eine systematische Auswertung des Texthandschriften in Leningrad, Moskau, Kiev, Odessa, Tbiblisi und Erevan'', ''

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'' 91 (Berlin, 1966), pp. 235-238 In 1908

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gave

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031 to it. The codex is located now in the State Historical Museum (V. 9).

Description

John 8:39-21:10

Text

History and present Location

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