Minuscule 215


Minuscule 215, A134, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. It has full marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 272 parchment leaves, with a commentary. The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. The commentary on Matthew is by Chrysostomos, that on Mark, Victorinus of Pettau, Luke, Titus of Bostra, that on John is by Chrysostomos.
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 Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, synaxaria, and pictures. It has the famous Jerusalem Colophon.
The manuscript is a duplicate of the codex 20 and 300, as well in its text as in the subscriptions and commentary, being without any later corrections seen in codex 20.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
It was not examined by using Claremont Profile Method.

History

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