Codex Koridethianus

New Testament manuscript

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The Codex Koridethianus is a 9th-century manuscript containing the Gospels. It is named after the scribe's monastery in the Caucasus Mountains. This manuscript is significant because the text of Matthew, Luke, and John is similar to most Byzantine manuscripts, while the text of Mark aligns with the Caesarean type used by Origen and Eusebius in the 3rd-4th centuries. The Codex Koridethianus is a type of codex, which is a manuscript book, and it is written in Greek. Early New Testament manuscripts like this were written on parchment or papyrus and used majuscule (all capital) letters, known as uncials.123

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Θ, Codex Koridethianus, is a 9th-century manuscript taking its name from the place of the scribe’s monastery, Koridethi, in the Caucasus Mountains, near the Caspian Sea. Θ contains the Gospels; Matthew, Luke, and John have a text similar to most Byzantine manuscripts, but the text of…
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Θ, Codex Koridethianus, is a 9th-century manuscript taking its name from the place of the scribe’s monastery, Koridethi, in the Caucasus Mountains, near the Caspian Sea. Θ contains the Gospels; Matthew, Luke, and John have a text similar to most Byzantine manuscripts, but the text of…
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