Minuscule 164 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 116 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, on parchment. It is dated by its colophon to the year 1039.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. 56. It has complex contents, with full marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four

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s on 214 parchment leaves (size ). The text is written in one column per page, in 19 lines per page. The text of Matthew 7:12-8:4 on folios 15-16 was added by a later hand. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 237 - 16:15), with references to the

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(written below Ammonian Section numbers). It contains the

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, Eusebian Canon tables, tables of the (''tables of contents'') before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), subscriptions at the end of each book, numbers of , and pictures. The Synaxarion and

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were added by a later hand. It has the famous

Jerusalem Colophon The Jerusalem Colophon is a colophon found in a number of New Testament manuscripts, including Λ (039), 20, 153, 157, 164, 215, 262, 300, 376, 428, 565, 566, 686, 718, 728, 748, 829, 899, 901, 922, 980, 1032, 1071, 1118, 1121, 1124, ...

("from the ancient manuscripts of Jerusalem").

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Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place it in any

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. According to Black it represents the Alexandrian text-type. David Alan Black, ''New Testament Textual Criticism'', Baker Books, 2006, p. 64. According to the

Claremont Profile Method The Claremont Profile Method is a method for classifying ancient manuscripts of the Bible. It was elaborated by Ernest Cadman Colwell and his students. Professor Frederik Wisse attempted to establish an accurate and rapid procedure for the classi ...

in Luke 1; 10; 20 it is close to Codex Tischendorfianus III and related to 1443. The

Pericope Adulterae Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (or the ) is a passage (pericope) found in John 7:53– 8:11 of the New Testament. It has been the subject of much scholarly discussion. In the passage, Jesus was teaching in the Second Temple after com ...

(John 7:53-8:11) is marked by an

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History

The subscription states that it was written by Leo, a priest and calligrapher, in October 1193, and bought in 1168 by Bartholomeus, who compared it with ancient Jerusalem manuscripts on the sacred mount. It was examined by

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(about 1782) and Scholz (1794–1852). C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. It is currently housed at the

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(Barberini gr. 319), at

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