Hermann von Soden discovered the family and designated it with symbol Ki. According to him it is one of the earliest families of the Byzantine text-type, it is a result of recension made by
Lucian of Antioch. Codex Seidelianus I seems slightly less Byzantine than the rest, and Codex Basilensis seems closer to the basic form of the Byzantine text. Greelings classified in this group
Codex Nanianus (U), but
Frederik Wisse excluded U from this group while suggesting
271 should be added. Greelings assigned manuscripts E, F, G, H as a core members of the group. Unfortunately all these manuscripts have survived in a fragmentary condition, it makes classification and restoration the text of the family more difficult. According to
Claremont Profile Method in the three test chapters of the
Gospel of Luke, manuscripts E, F, G, H did not have sufficient consistency to demonstrate its existence as an independent textual group. Wisse included them to the textual family
Kx. But Wisse used small sample size (three chapters of Luke), based on the age alone, it appears that Ki is independent of Kx. The text of the manuscripts could involved. The agreement with
Textus Receptus in Mark 4 is 94.5%. Some uncial lectionaries represent the text of this family (e.g.
Lectionary 269). The Text of
Matthew 16:2b-3 (
signs of the time);
Christ's agony at Gethsemane (Luke 22:43-44) i
Pericope adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) are marked by an
asterisk (※). == Group profile in Luke 20 ==