Minuscule 427

The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book containing the text of the Gospel of Luke and Gospel of Mark on 140 parchment leaves, sized ({{×|25.8|20.7|cm}}). It is written in one column per page, and 34 lines per page.{{r|Aland}}

The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 240 Sections, the last in 16:20), whose numbers are given at the margin. There are no references to the Eusebian Canons.{{r|Gregory}}

It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use) and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with the numbers of phrases (known as {{lang|grc|ρηματα}} / rhemata) and numbers of lines (known as {{lang|grc|στιχοι}} / stichoi) in Luke but not Mark, and a commentary of Theophylact in both Luke and Mark.{{Cite book | first=Caspar René | last=Gregory | author-link=Caspar René Gregory | title=Textkritik des Neuen Testaments | volume=1 | page=189 | year=1900 | publisher=J.C. Hinrichs | location=Leipzig | url=https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n201/mode/2up}}

The Greek text of the codex is considered to be predominantly mixed with the Byzantine text-type. Biblical scholar Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category of his New Testament manuscript classification system.{{Cite book | first=Kurt | last=Aland | author-link=Kurt Aland | first2=Barbara | last2=Aland | author-link2=Barbara Aland | others=Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title=The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | page=139 | year=1995 | publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | location=Grand Rapids | isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1}}

According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Family Kx in Luke 10. In Luke 1 it has mixed text, in Luke 20 it has mixture of the Byzantine text-types.{{Cite book | first=Frederik | last=Wisse | title=The profile method for the classification and evaluation of manuscript evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke | page=60 | year=1982 | publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | location=Grand Rapids | isbn=0-8028-1918-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/60 | url-access=registration }}

The manuscript was written by one Maurus. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.{{Cite book | first=Frederick Henry Ambrose | last=Scrivener | author-link=Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener |author2=Edward Miller | title=A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament | volume=1 | edition=4 | page=225 | year=1894 | publisher=George Bell & Sons | location=London }}

C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.{{r|Gregory}}

The manuscript was formerly held in Augsburg, however it is currently housed at the Bavarian State Library (shelf number Gr. 465) in Munich, Germany.{{r|Aland}}

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