Minuscule 80 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 281 ( von Soden), known as ''Cod. T. G. Graevii'', is a

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of the

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, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.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. 51. The manuscript has complex contents. It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains complete text of the four

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s with a commentary on 309 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page. The initial letters are in colour. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers of at the margin, the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. In the 15th century the Latin chapters were added. It contains ''Prolegomena'', tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.

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The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

Byzantine text-type In the textual criticism of the New Testament, the Byzantine text-type (also called Majority Text, Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, Constantinopolitan Text, Antiocheian Text, or Syrian Text) is one of the main text types. It is the form fo ...

. Aland placed it in Category V. It is close textually to the minuscule

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. It was not examined by using the

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Textual variants

In Luke 3:23-38 (''Genealogy of Jesus'') it was rewritten from a three-column text, and columns were confused, and instead of copying them vertically in proper succession, the scribe copied the genealogy as though the two columns were one, following the lines across both columns. As a result, almost everyone is made the son of the wrong father: του Ιωραμ, του Καιναν, του Ιωδη, του Εσρωμ, του Ενος (see

Minuscule 109 Minuscule 109 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 431 ( Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1326.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste ...

). In John 3:13 it has reading ανθρωπου ο ων εκ του ουρανου for ανθρωπου, the reading is supported only by

Uncial 0141 Uncial 0141 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), CL13 ( Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 10th century. Description The codex contains a verse-by-verse commentary in minuscule on the Gos ...

and

Syriac Curetonian The Curetonian Gospels, designated by the ''siglum'' syrcur, are contained in a manuscript of the four gospels of the New Testament in Old Syriac. Together with the Sinaiticus Palimpsest the Curetonian Gospels form the Old Syriac Version, and a ...

(syr^c);UBS3, p. 329

History

It once belonged to Johannes Georg Graeve (hence name of the codex) and was collated by

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in 1691 (see

minuscule 579 Minuscule 579 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), ε 376 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, written on parchment. Using the study o ...

). Then it passed into the hands Johannes van der Hagen, who showed it to

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in 1739. It is currently housed in at the

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(Smith-Lasouëf 5), at

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