Minuscule 121 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 366 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment leaves. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1284.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.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four

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s on 241 parchment leaves (size ) with one

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in Matthew 5:21-8:24. The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. The capital letters in colour. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (Mark 241 – 16:20), (no references to the

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). It contains tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits,

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, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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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 creates textual cluster 121, as a leader manuscript. Textually it is close to

Minuscule 64 Minuscule 64 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1287 ( von Soden), formerly known as ''Ussher 2'', is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.K. Aland, ...

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, 1297,

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, and

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History

According to the colophon it was written in September 1284, by Joasaph. It was examined by Griesbach, Scholz,

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, and

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saw it in 1884. It is currently housed at the

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(3398), at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0121 Greek New Testament minuscules 13th-century biblical manuscripts

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