Minuscule 79
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Minuscule
| number = 79
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| name = Codex Georg Douzae
| sign =
| text = Gospels
| date = 15th century
| found = 1597, Georg Douza
| now at = Leiden University Library
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| size = {{×|16.5|12}}
| type = Byzantine/mixed
| cat = none
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Minuscule 79 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 529 (von Soden),{{cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n61/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=50}} known as Codex Georg Douzae, is a Greek-Latin minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 15th century.K. Aland, M. Welte, B. Köster, K. Junack, "Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments", Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1994, p. 51. It was adapted for liturgical use.
Description
The codex contains almost complete the text of the four Gospels with one large lacunae (Matthew 1:1-14:13) on 208 parchment leaves (size {{×|16.5|12}}). The text is written in two columns per page, 26-28 lines per page. The initial letters in red.{{Cite book
| last = Gregory
| first = Caspar René
| author-link = Caspar René Gregory
| title = Textkritik des Neuen Testaments
| publisher = J.C. Hinrichs
| year = 1900
| location = Leipzig
| volume = 1
| page = 147
| url = https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n159/mode/2up
}}
It contains numbers of the {{lang|grc|κεφαλαια}} (chapters) at the margin (only in Matthew), (no {{lang|grc|τιτλοι}}), lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, {{lang|grc|αναγνωσεις}} (to Matthew), synaxaria, and pictures.{{Cite book
| last = Scrivener
| first = Frederick Henry Ambrose
| author-link = Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
|author2=Edward Miller
| title = A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament
| publisher = George Bell & Sons
| year = 1894
| location = London
| edition = 4
| volume = 1
| page = 205
}}
The Greek text of the codex in some parts represents the Byzantine text-type, in other parts is mixed. Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.{{Cite book
| last = Aland
| first = Kurt
| author-link = Kurt Aland
| last2 = Aland
| first2 = Barbara
| 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
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1995
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = 138
| isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}}
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 it has mixed Byzantine text.{{Cite book
| last = Wisse
| first = Frederik
| title = The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke
| publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
| year = 1982
| location = Grand Rapids
| page = [https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/54 54]
| isbn = 0-8028-1918-4
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/profilemethodfor00wiss/page/54
}}