Minuscule 404 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 467 (in Soden's numbering), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents. Formerly it was designated by the symbols 63^a and 68^p.

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The codex contains a complete text of the

Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...

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, and

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(

Epistle to the Hebrews The Epistle to the Hebrews ( grc, Πρὸς Ἑβραίους, Pros Hebraious, to the Hebrews) is one of the books of the New Testament. The text does not mention the name of its author, but was traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle. Mos ...

is placed between 2 Thessalonians and 1 Timothy), on 157 parchment leaves (). It is written in one column per page, in 26 lines per page. It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each book,

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, subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of , notes to the Catholic epistles, and

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V.

History

The manuscript once belonged to John Sambucky (together with codex 124). It was presented to Octavio Ferrari in Milano in 1562. It was examined by Treschow,

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, and Burgon. Alter used it in his edition of the Greek New Testament (vol. 2, pp. 741–788). Birch collated some of its readings.

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saw it in 1887. The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852). Formerly it was designated by the symbols 63^a and 68^p. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 404 to it. The manuscript is currently housed at the

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(Theol. gr. 313) in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0404 Greek New Testament minuscules 13th-century biblical manuscripts Biblical manuscripts of the Austrian National Library

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