Codex Ebnerianus, ''Minuscule 105'' (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 257 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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, though missing the

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. Formerly it was labeled as 105^e, 48^a, and 24^p.

Description

It is now believed to have been written in

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at the start of the 12th century, during the Comnenian Period. It is unique amongst surviving Greek New Testament manuscripts in that it places author portraits before each

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, act and

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, as opposed to just the gospels. This manuscript gives a good example of Greek calligraphy of the 12th century. The manuscript is marked with Georgian quire signatures, but was still in Constantinople in the 16th century. The text is written in 1 column per page, 27 lines per page, on 426 parchment leaves (20.5 by 16 cm). Capital letters in gold. The book itself was bound in silver inlaid with ivory and comprises 426 leaves of

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(20.5 by 16 cm). It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Tables, tables of the , the , numbers of the at the margin, the Ammonian Sections, but not o references to the

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, subscriptions at the end, , and the

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all in gold. Synaxarion and

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were added by Joasaph, a calligraphist, in 1391, who also added John 8:3-11 at the end of that Gospel. The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category V. It belongs to the textual family Family K^x.

History

The codex is named after Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach (1673–1752), a

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diplomat and German Enlightenment historian, who founded a library using his extensive collection. Formerly it was labeled as 105^e, 48^a, and 24^p. In 1908 Gregory gave it the number 105. It is currently housed at the

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, (MS. Auct. T. inf. 1. 10).K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 52.

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MS. Auct. T. inf. 1. 10
In the Bodleian Libraries Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts
MS. Auct. T. inf. 1. 10
Images available in Digital Bodleian {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 0105 Illuminated biblical manuscripts Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts Bodleian Library collection

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