Minuscule 171


Minuscule 171, ε 407, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 14th century. It has complex contents and full marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 254 thick parchment leaves. It is written in one column per page, in 20 lines per page. The text is written in black ink, the capital letters in red. It is ornamented with silver.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, and their τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains prolegomena, tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, αναγνωσεις, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents cluster Π171 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.

History

The manuscript was once in the property of Achilles Statius, as also was minuscule 169. It was examined by Bianchini, Birch, and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana, at Rome.