Minuscule 90 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 652 ( Soden), known as ''Codex Jo. Fabri'', is a

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of the

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, on paper leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 16th 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. 52. It has full marginalia.

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The codex contains the text of the four

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words a ...

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Acts The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message ...

, and Catholic epistles. The Gospels follow in the order: John, Luke, Matthew, Mark (as in codex

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and

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). Epistle of Jude is written twice, from different copies. The codex was split in two volumes. First volume contains 227 paper leaves, 2 volume – 253 leaves. The text is written with size 25.5 cm by 17.6 cm, in one column per page, 17-30 lines per page. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin (also in Latin), and the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the

Eusebian Canons Eusebian canons, Eusebian sections or Eusebian apparatus, also known as Ammonian sections, are the system of dividing the four Gospels used between late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The divisions into chapters and verses used in modern texts d ...

(written below Ammonian Section numbers). It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and Synaxarion. According to the subscription at the end of the Epistle to the Romans, it was written προς Ρωμαιους εγραφη απο Κορινθου δια Φοιβης της διακονου; the same subscription have manuscripts: 42, 216,

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, 462,

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, 642;

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V. The manuscript was not examined by using the

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History

This codex belonged in the past to Hinckelmann of Hamburg, and to Wolff. Possibly the manuscript was copied from

minuscule 74 Minuscule 74 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 321 ( von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. It was written in 1291 or 1292. Some leaves of the codex were lost.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. ...

. It was collated by

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. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1891. Formerly it was held in Hamburg. It is currently housed in at the

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(Remonstr. 186), at

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