Codex Basilensis

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Codex Basilensis is a significant Greek New Testament manuscript known for its representative Byzantine text-type and its importance in biblical textual criticism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek New Testament manuscript
biblical manuscript
characteristic represents the Byzantine text tradition
used as a witness to the Byzantine text-type
contains Gospels
fieldOfUse New Testament textual criticism
textual criticism
genre biblical text
religious text
hasTextType Byzantine
language Koine Greek
material parchment
notableFor importance for biblical textual criticism
representative Byzantine text
partOf Greek New Testament manuscript tradition
religiousTradition Christianity
religiousWorkOf Bible
surface form: Christian Bible
script minuscule script
scriptDirection left-to-right
scriptType Greek minuscule
subject Bible
New Testament
testament New Testament
textType Byzantine text-type
usedBy biblical scholars
textual critics
usedIn critical study of the New Testament
writingForm codex
writingMaterial vellum
writingSystem Greek

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Subject: Codex Basilensis
Description of subject: Codex Basilensis is a significant Greek New Testament manuscript known for its representative Byzantine text-type and its importance in biblical textual criticism.

Referenced by (3)

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Byzantine text-type notableManuscript Codex Basilensis
Received Text compiledFrom Codex Basilensis
subject surface form: Textus Receptus
this entity surface form: Byzantine Greek manuscripts
Majority text textualBasis Codex Basilensis
this entity surface form: Byzantine manuscripts