Minuscule 193


Minuscule 193, ε 225, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th or 13th century. It has complex contents and full marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, written on parchment leaves, in one column per page, in 27 lines per page, in black or dark-brown ink, the capital letters in gold.
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 smaller Ammonian Sections,.
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning, and pictures.
Lectionary markings at the margin and αναγνωσεις were added by a later hand.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.

History

The manuscript was examined by Birch, Scholz, and Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.
It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library, at Florence.