Minuscule 211


Minuscule 211, ε 234, is a Greek-Arabic diglot minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript is lacunose. It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 280 parchment leaves, in quarto, with two lacunae. It is written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the table of the κεφαλαια to Luke, synaxaria, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of ρηματα, and numbers of Stichometry.
In additional material it has Limits of the Five Patriarchates.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the text-types. Aland did not place it in any Category.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual group Λ in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 the manuscript is defective.
It contains the text of the Pericope Adulterae.

History

It was examined by Birch, Burgon, and Lake. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana, at Venice.