Minuscule 230


Minuscule 230, ε 173, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1013.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 218 parchment leaves. The leaves are arranged in quarto. The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, synaxaria, Menologion, doubled Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of ρηματα, and numbers of Stichometry.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Caesarean text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.
The manuscript belongs to the textual family Ferrar Group.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual group Λ in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.

History

According to the colophon it was: Ετελειωθη η ιερα βιβλος αυτη μην οκτωβριω κθ, ημερα παρασκευη, ωρα θ, ετει ςφκβ. Ινδ. Ιβ. Γραφεν δια χειρος Λουκα μοναχου και ευτελους ιερεως. According to E. Miller this date correspond to 1014 A.D. Actually it is deciphered as 1013 A.D.
The manuscript was written by Luke, a monk and scribe.
It was described by Moldenhawer, who collated it about 1783 for Birch.
It was briefly described by Emmanuel Miller in 1848.
Jacob Greelings examined the text of the Gospel of John.
It is currently housed at the Escurial.