Minuscule 161


Minuscule 161, ε 1005, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript is lacunose.
It has full marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 203 thick parchment leaves, with one large lacuna.
The text is written two columns per page, in 23-26 lines per page, in brown ink, the capital letters in red and gold.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, and the τιτλοι at the top or the bottom of the pages, with a harmony. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel. Lectionary markings were added by a later hand.
Various readings are often noted in its margin.

Text

the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Λ.
The Pericope Adulterae is marked by an obelus. It contains western readings both in text and in its marginal scholia.

History

The manuscript was examined by Andrew Birch. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library, at Rome.