Minuscule 37 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A¹⁵⁴ ( Von Soden), is a

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manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in ...

of the

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, written on vellum. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four

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s on 357

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leaves (). 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. 49. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, with the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233, 16:8), with references to the

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. It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of the (''tables of contents''), prolegomena, pictures, with short

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, commentary of

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to the Gospel of Mark, synaxaria, and pictures. The pericope John 7:53-8:11 is placed at the end; in John 8:6 it used textual variant μη προσποιουμενος.

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 the

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. In Luke 16:19 the manuscript has

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on a margin of uncertain date ευρον δε τινες και του πλουσιου εν τισιν αντιγραφοις τουνομα Νινευης λεγομενον. The same

has manuscript 36. Currently we have only one Greek manuscript with textual variant ονοματι Ν �ν�υης (with the name N nue) in Luke 16:19 -

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. This reading has also Sahidic version.

History

The manuscript was dated to the 11th or to the 12th century. Currently it has been assigned by the INTF to the 11th century. The manuscript was examined and described by Montfaucon, Wettstein, Scholz, and Paulin Martin. Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin, ''Description technique des manuscrits grecs, relatif au Nouveau Testament, conservé dans les bibliothèques des Paris'' (Paris 1883), p. 47 It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Wettstein. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885. It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France ( Coislin Gr. 21) at

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