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| - | '''Minuscule 4''' ([[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]]), ε 371 ([[Biblical manuscript#Von Soden|Soden]]), is a Greek [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]], on 212 parchment leaves (18.5 by 14.3 cm), dated [[Palaeography|paleographically]] to the 13th century.<ref name=Aland>K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, ''Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments'', [[Walter de Gruyter]], Berlin, New York 1994, p. 47. </ref> Formerly it was named ''Codex Regius 84''.<ref name = Scrivener>{{cite book
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| - | | first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
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| - | | authorlink = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
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| - | | title = [[A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament]], vol. 1
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| - | | publisher = [[George Bell & Sons]]
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| - | | date = 1894
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| - | | location = London
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| - | | page = 191
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| - | The codex contains almost complete text of the four [[Gospel]]s with four [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] (Matthew 2:9-20; Mark 15:42-16:14; John 1:1-13.49-3:11). Written [[Stichometry|stichometrically]] in one column per page, 26-28 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> It contains [[Epistula ad Carpianum]], tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections (Mark 227), [[Eusebian Canons]], lectionary markings, incipits, [[Synaxarion|synaxaria]], [[Menologion]], subscriptions, [[Stichometry|στιχοι]], and extracts from some Fathers.<ref name = Gregory>{{cite book
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| - | | first = Caspar René
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| - | | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1
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| - | | date = 1900
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| - | | location = Leipzig
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| - | The pericope [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|John 7:53-8:11]] is marked with an [[obelus]].<ref name = Gregory/>
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| - | == Text ==
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| - | The Greek text of this codex is a mixture of text-types. [[Kurt Aland|Aland]] did not place it in any [[Categories of New Testament manuscripts|Category]].<ref>{{cite book
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| - | | authorlink = Kurt Aland
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| - | | coauthors = Barbara Aland; Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.)
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| - | | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
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| - | | publisher = [[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company]]
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| - | | date = 1995
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| - | | location = Grand Rapids
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| - | | page = 138
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| - | | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}</ref> Textually it is close to the codex [[Minuscule 273|273]].
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| - | In Matthew 21:31 it has textual variant ὁ δεύτερος (''the second'') against ὁ πρῶτος (''the first''), ὁ ὕστερος (''the last''), or ὁ ἔσχατος (''the last''). This reading is supported by the codex [[Minuscule 273|273]] and [[Lectionary 547|'''ℓ''' ''547'']].<ref>[[Bruce M. Metzger]], ''A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament'' ([[Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft]]: Stuttgart 2001), p. 45. </ref><ref>NA26, p. 60. </ref>
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| - | == History ==
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| - | The manuscript was used by [[Desiderius Erasmus|Erasmus]] in his edition of [[Novum Instrumentum omne|Novum Testamentum]], and by [[Robert Estienne]] in his [[Editio Regia]] (1550), who designated it by him as γ'. [[John Mill]] noticed its affinity to the Latin versions and the [[Complutensian Polyglot Bible|Complutensian Polyglot]].<ref name = Scrivener/>
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| - | It was examined by [[Johann Martin Augustin Scholz|Scholz]] and Martin.<ref name = Gregory/>
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| - | The codex is located now at the [[National Library of France]] (Gr. 84) in [[Paris]].<ref name = Aland/>
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| - | == See also ==
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| - | * [[List of New Testament minuscules]]
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| - | * [[Textus Receptus]]
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| - | * [[Textual criticism]]
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| - | * [http://www.skypoint.com/members/waltzmn/Manuscripts1-500.html#m4e Minuscule 4] at the ''Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism''
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| - | [[Category:Greek New Testament minuscules]]
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| - | [[de:Minuskel 4]]
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