Minuscule 202


Minuscule 202, ε 242, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels on 278 parchment leaves. Pauline epistles followed after Catholic epistles. It is written in one column per page, in 21 lines per page, in light-brown or dark-brown ink, capital letters in gold. It is a "splendid copy".
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 tables of the κεφαλαια before each Gospel, in red and gold, lectionary markings at the margin, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, numbers of Stichometry, Menologion, and synaxaria. It uses "iota adscript".

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx and creates cluster 202.
The Pericope Adulterae is marked by an obelus.

History

Formerly the manuscript belonged to the monastery S. Marco in Florence. Later it belonged to Samuel Butler Bishop of Lichfield. It was purchased from Payne and Foss, on 16 November 1843.
It was examined by Birch and Bloomfield. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.
It is currently housed at the British Library in London.