Minuscule 8
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Description
The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels, on 199 parchment leaves (28.7 cm by 21.8 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 22 lines per page. The initial letters in red.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with the τιτλοι (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.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian Canon tables, prolegomena, pictures, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), Menologion, and Synaxarion. The passages of John 5:3–4 and the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) are marked with an obelus.
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Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.
In John 1:29 it lacks ο Ιωαννης along with manuscripts Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Vaticanus, Cyprius, Campianus, Petropolitanus Purpureus, Vaticanus 354, Nanianus, Macedoniensis, Sangallensis, Koridethi, Petropolitanus, Athous Lavrensis, 045, 047, 0141, 9, 565, 1192;
History
Formerly it belonged to Antonelli Petrucci, a secretary of Ferdinand I, king of Naples. Then to Fontainebleau. This codex was used by Robert Estienne in his Editio Regia (1550), in which was designated as ζ'. In result its readings became a part of the Textus Receptus.
It was examined by Wettstein, Scholz, and Gregory (in 1884). Scholz examined only Gospel of John. It was examined and described by Paulin Martin. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1884.
The codex is currently located at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 49) in Paris.