Minuscule 9
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Minuscule 9 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 279 (Soden). It is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th century, but according to the colophon it was written in the year 1167.<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>
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Description
The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels, on 298 parchment leaves (23.5 by 17 cm). Written in one column per page, 20 lines per page. The Eusebian Canons were given, and synaxaria. It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, subscriptions, rematha, stichoi, Synaxarion, Menologion, and pictures.<ref name = Gregory>cite book
| last = Gregory | first = Caspar René | authorlink = Caspar René Gregory | coauthors = | title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Vol. 1 | publisher = | date = 1900 | location = Leipzig | page = 129-130 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = </ref>
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type.<ref>Kurt Aland, and Barbara Aland, "The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism", transl. Erroll F. Rhodes, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995, p. 138. </ref>
History
According to the colophon it was written when "Manuel Porphyrogennetus was ruler of Constantinople, Amauri of Jerusalem, William II of Sicily".<ref>F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction... </ref>
This codex was used by Robert Estienne in his Editio Regia (1550), in which was designated it as ιβ'. It was in private hands and belonged to Peter Stella. It became part of collection of Kuster (Kuster's Paris 3).
Scholz examined Matthew 1-8; Mark 1-4; John 4-8.<ref name = Gregory/>
The codex now is located at the National Library of France (Gr. 83) in Paris.<ref name=Aland/>
