Minuscule 1071 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek

minuscule Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...

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of the four

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. It is dated to the 12th century.

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This twelfth-century copy of the four Gospels, now in the Laura on Mount Athos, contains the so-called Jerusalem colophon referred to in the description of codex 157. Streeter classified its text as a tertiary witness to the Caesarean type.

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, "Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Greek Paleography", ''

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'', New York - Oxford, 1991, p. 106. According to the

Claremont Profile Method The Claremont Profile Method is a method for classifying ancient manuscripts of the Bible. It was elaborated by Ernest Cadman Colwell and his students. Professor Frederik Wisse attempted to establish an accurate and rapid procedure for the classif ...

it represents the Alexandrian text-type as a core member.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 1071 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts

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