Minuscule 220


Minuscule 220, ε 457 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has complex contents. It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 303 parchment leaves. It is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page, in very small letters.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, references to the Eusebian Canons are absent.
It contains lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading, and synaxaria.

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 textual family Πb in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.

History

It was examined by Alter. Alter used it in his edition of the Greek text of the New Testament. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.
It is currently housed at the Austrian National Library, at Vienna.