Minuscule 2445 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering). It is a Greek

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of the

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, on 116 parchment leaves (16.3 cm by 13 cm). It is dated paleographically 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. 188 A large part of the codex lost.

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Originally the codex contained the text of the four

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s. Actually it has some lacunae, at the beginning, end, and inside (Luke 1:1-17; John 1:1-12). It contains text of Mark 7:10-John 7:32. The text is written in one column per page, in 20-22 lines per page. The initial letters in red. It has breathings and accents. It contains tables of the , numbers of the at the margin, the at the top of the pages, the Ammonian Sections, references to the

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. 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 ...

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

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. It contains spurious texts of Luke 22:43-44 and John 5:3.4. The codex now is located in the

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(Ms. 5).

Gallery

File:Minuscule 2445 (GA) 004.jpg, Mark 8:13-29 File:Minuscule 2445 (GA) 025.jpg, Mark 15:6-27

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External links

Manuscripts of the Bible Museum

Images of manuscript 2445 at the CSNTM
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 2445 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts

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