Did all of Erasmus' manuscripts agree?

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The following manuscripts were used by Erasmus in creating the Textus Receptus: Codex Basiliensis A. N. IV. 1, Codex Basilensis A. N. IV. 2, Miniscule 7, Miniscule 817, Miniscule 2814, Miniscule 2815, and Miniscule 2816. For his second edition he also used Miniscule 3.

Does anyone know if these are available online in a format other than images? I thought it would be interesting to examine them and see how Erasmus arrived at his conclusions. Surely they don't all agree 100%. He would've had to make a few judgment calls.
 
Here's a list of the manuscripts Erasmus used, and the book each contains. As it can be seen, he had plenty of options to choose from. We can also see that the TR is the work of one man deciding what to keep in and what to leave out. I don't know to what extent these manuscripts agree with one another, but I highly doubt it's 100%.

Codex Basiliensis A. N. IV. 1 = Gospels

Codex Basilensis A. N. IV. 2 = Gospels, Acts, General and Pauline Epistles + Hebrews

Codex Basilensis A. N. IV. 4 = Acts, General and Pauline Epistles

Miniscule 7 = Gospels

Miniscule 817 = Gospels

Miniscule 2814 = Revelation

Miniscule 2816 = Acts, General and Pauline Epistles

2nd Edition

Miniscule 3 = Entire New Testament except Acts.
 
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