Minuscule 112
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Minuscule 112 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 146 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th 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. 53. </ref>
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Description
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 167 parchment leaves (14.5 cm by 11.3 cm). Written in one column per page, 33 lines per page.<ref name = Aland/> Initial letters in gold,<ref name = Gregory>C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 153. </ref> it contains Epistle to Carpian, kephalaia, the Eusebian Canons, synaxaria, Menologion, and pictures. According to Scrivener it is "a very beautiful copy".<ref name = Scrivener>F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1861), p. 156. </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
It was examined by Scholz, who collated it partially.<ref name = Scrivener/>
It is housed at the Bodleian Library (E. D. Clarke 10) at Oxford.<ref name = Aland/>
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