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Minuscule 859 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), Νλ50 (von Soden),[1][2] is a 16th-century Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on parchment. The manuscript has not survived in complex context.[clarification needed]
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Description
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Luke 12:32-24:53 on 261 parchment leaves (size 22 cm by 14.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 25 lines per page.[3][4] According to F. H. A. Scrivener and C. R. Gregory it was written on paper,[5] but according to Aland on parchment.[3] It contains a commentary.[5][6]
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Kurt Aland did not place the Greek text of the codex in any Category.[7] It was not examined by the Claremont Profile Method.[8]
History
Scrivener dated the manuscript to the 15th century, Gregory dated it to the 16th century. Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 16th century.[4]
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (672e)[6] and Gregory (859e). Gregory saw it in 1886.[5]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Vatican Library (Gr. 759), in Rome.[3][4]
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