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Minuscule 151 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A17 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 10th 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. 55. </ref> Birch and Scrivener dated to the 11th century.
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Description
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 224 parchment leaves (size 24.5 cm by 12.5 cm) with a commentary.
Written in one column per page, in 28 lines per page. Ink is black, Capital letters in colour and gold.
It contains Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian tables, tables of κεφαλαια, κεφαλαια, τιτλοι, Ammonian Sections, pictures, and scholia in the margin,F. H. A. Scrivener, "A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament" (London 1894; reprint 2005), vol. 1, p. 214. Menologion, stichoi, and pictures. Hebrew words explained at the beginning.C. R. Gregory, "Textkritik des Neuen Testaments", Leipzig 1900, vol. 1, p. 159.
The text of Matthew 16:2b-3 and John 7:53-8:11 omitted.
Text
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
It contains some rare readings (e.g. John 19:14).
History
It was examined by Birch and Scholz.
Text of Mark 16:8-20 of the codex was used by Cardinal Angelo Mai in his edition of the text of Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209 ("pseudo-facsimile" published posthumoustly in 1857).<ref>Constantin von Tischendorf, Editio Octava Critica major (Lipsiae, 1884), vol. III, p. 364.
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Pal. gr. 220), at Rome.
