Minuscule 891 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Θ^ε427 ( von Soden), is a 14th-century Greek

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of the

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on paper, with a commentary. It has not survived in complete condition.

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The

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contains the text of the four

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s and the

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, with a commentary, on 474 paper leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, 42 lines per page. The text of the Gospels is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin. There are no (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. It has not Epistle to the Hebrews.

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did not placed in any Category. It was not examined according to the

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. It contains the text of the Pericope Adulterae.

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According to

C. R. Gregory C. or c. may refer to: * Century, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years * Cent (currency), abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies * Caius or Gaius, abbreviated as ...

it was written in the 14th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the

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to the 14th century. Gregory saw it in 1886. The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Gregory (891^e 318^p). In 1908 Gregory gave the number 891 to it. It is not cited in critical editions of the

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(UBS4, NA28). Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z. 32 (689)), in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 891 Greek New Testament minuscules 14th-century biblical manuscripts

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