Minuscule 244 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 173 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th 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. 61.

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The codex contains the text of the four

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s on 274 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 46 lines per page. The evangelical text is surrounded by a commentary of

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. It contains pictures.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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

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History

Formerly the manuscript was held at

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peninsula. The manuscript was brought to Moscow, 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 C. F. Matthaei. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(V. 88, S. 220) at

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