Minuscule 107 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 344 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th 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. 53.

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The codex contains a complete text of the four

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s on 351 parchment leaves (). The text is written in one column per page, 18-22 lines per page. The initial letters in gold. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. It contains tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, and pictures. It was written by more than one scribe. The first page of Matthew is written in gold. The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

Byzantine text-type In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type (also called Majority Text, Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text) is one of the main text types. It is the form fou ...

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classified it to the textual family K^x. Aland placed it in Category V. According to the

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it represents mixed Byzantine text in Luke 1, textual family K^x in Luke 20, in Luke 10 no profile was made.

History

It was examined by

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, Griesbach, and Scholz. Wettsteins's and Griesbach's 107 is Gregory's

minuscule 201 Minuscule 201 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 403 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefas ...

. Scholz dated the manuscript to the 14th century.

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saw it in 1883. It is housed at the

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(E. D. Clarke 6) at

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