Minuscule 679 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 354 ( von Soden),

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, ''Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte'' (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 177. is a

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of the

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, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. The manuscript has complex contents.Handschriftenliste
at the Münster Institute

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labelled it 530^e.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four

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s, on 240 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 25-26 lines per page. The first four lines in Matthew, Mark, and Luke being in gold, with pictures of the four Evangelists and nineteen others. It contains the Eusebian tables and lists of the . The Ammonian Sections are incomplete and irregular, without a references to the

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. It has marginal critical notes but no lectionary markings. It contains portraits of the Evangelists and some hagiographic miniatures.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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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 ...

did not place it in any

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. According to

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it represents textual family Πb in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.

History

Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 12th century; Gregory dated it to the 13th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the

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to the 13th century. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscript by Scrivener (530) and Gregory (679). It was examined by

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. The manuscript as acquired along with seven other manuscripts (

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677 __NOTOC__ Year 677 ( DCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 677 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...

678 __NOTOC__ Year 678 (Roman numerals, DCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 678 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Do ...

, 680, 681, and

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) by the late Sir

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, at Middle Hill in

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. Currently the manuscript is housed at the J. Paul Getty Museum (Ludw. II 5 (Phillipps 3887)) in

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