Minuscule 255 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α¹⁷⁴ ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Paleographically 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. 62. Formerly it was labeled by 252^a and 302^p. Scrivener labelled it by 249^a.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

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, and

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on 222 parchment leaves (). The text is written in 2 columns per page, 26 lines per page. It has the same contents as

minuscule 303 Minuscule 303 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θε32 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on cotton paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1255. Description The codex contains the text of the four Gospels o ...

. It contains prolegomena, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each sacred book, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, with numbers of .

Kurt Aland Kurt Aland (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the '' Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung'' (Institute for New Testament Textua ...

the Greek text of the codex did not place in any

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. : 1 Corinthians 2:14 it reads πνευματος (omit του θεου) along with 2,

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, 330,

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, 1827, and syr^p.

History

The manuscript was examined and collated by Matthaei. Formerly it was labeled by 252^a and 302^p. Gregory saw it in 1887. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 255 to it. Formerly it was held in Berlin ( Königliche Bibliothek, Ms. Gr. Quarto 40). At the end of 1943 year has increased the frequency of the

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. The Prussian State Library sent many collections out of Berlin to be sheltered in

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for safekeeping. As the result of postwar border changes some of these collections were found in Poland (among them minuscule 255). They were moved to the Jagiellonian University Library.Sroka Marek, ''The Music Collection of the Former Prussian State Library at the Jagiellonian Library in Kraków, Poland: Past, Present, and Future Developments'', Library Trends - Volume 55, Number 3, Winter 2007, pp. 651-664 The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(Fonds der Berliner Hss. Graec. quarto 40) at Cracow.

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