Minuscule 52 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 345 ( Von Soden), is a Greek

minuscule Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writing ...

manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. The codex was written in 1285 or 1286.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", '' Walter de Gruyter'', Berlin, New York 1994, p. 49. It has complex contents and full

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Description

The codex contains complete text of the four Gospels on 158 leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 27-30 lines per page, in an elegant small minuscule letters. The large initial letters in red. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons. It contains Prolegomena, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), pictures, menaion, and subscriptions at the end of the Gospels.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.

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 ...

placed it in Category V. According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents K^x text in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It creates a textual cluster with

Minuscule 46 Minuscule 46 (in the Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland, Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1285 (Biblical manuscript#Von Soden, Von Soden), is a Greek language, Greek Lower case, minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeogra ...

History

It was written by the same scribe as minuscule 341. The manuscript once belonged to Joasaph, a monk. William Laud became its owner in 1640. It was examined by Mill (as Laud. 5) and Griesbach. It was added to the list of the New Testament manuscript by

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saw it in 1883. It is currently housed in at the

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(MS. Laud. Gr. 3), at Oxford.

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