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of the

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, on paper. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. The manuscript is lacunose.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. 84. Gregory labelled it by 217^a and 273^p;

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labelled it by 185^a and 255^p.

Description

The codex contains the text of the Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, Pauline epistles, on 209 paper leaves (size ), with large lacunae (Acts 2:36–3:8; 7:3–59; 12:7–25; 14:8–27; 18:20–19:12; 22:7–23:11; 1 Corinthians 8:12–9:18; 2 Corinthians 1:1–10; Ephesians 3:2-Philemon 1:24; 2 Timothy 4:12-Tit 1:6; Hebrews 7:19–9:12). The writing is in one column per page, 22–26 lines per page. It was written by four different hands. The breathings and accents are very irregular. Some words are half-written.

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is rare, and the itacisms are pretty numerous (πνεμα for πνευμα).F. H. A. Scrivener
''An Exact Transcript of the Codex Augiensis''
(Cambridge and London, 1859), p. LX It contains Prolegomena, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before every book, numbers of the (''chapters''), lectionary markings at the margin, ''incipits'',

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, subscriptions at the end of each book, and numbers of at the margin. The order of books: Acts of the Apostles, Catholic epistles, and Pauline epistles.

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. Most ...

is placed after

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. According to the subscription at the end of the Epistle to the Romans, the Letter was written προς Ρωμαιους εγραφη απο Κορινθου δια Φοιβης της διακονου; the same subscription have manuscripts: 42, 90, 216,

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, 462, and

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Text

The Greek text of the codex has the higher value in the Catholic epistles and much lower elsewhere. The text of the Catholic epistles Kurt Aland placed in Category III, the text of the Acts and the Pauline epistles Aland placed in Category V, it means it is a representative of the

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. According to Wachtel it has between 20% and 30% non-Byzantine readings in the Catholic Epistles.Minuscule 642 (GA)
at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism''

History

The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute The early history of the manuscript and the place of its origin is unknown. The manuscript was brought from a Greek monastery to England by

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(1759–1804), professor of Arabic, along with the manuscripts 471,

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, 473,

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, 488,

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. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (185^a and 255^p) and Gregory (217^a and 273^p). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1883. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 642 to it. The manuscript currently is housed at Lambeth Palace (1185), at

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at the ''Encyclopedia Textual Criticism'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0642 Greek New Testament minuscules 14th-century biblical manuscripts

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