Minuscule 2437


Minuscule 2437, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on 220 parchment leaves. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th or 12th century.

Description

The codex contains almost complete text of the four Gospels with some lacunae. The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page. Quotations from the Old Testament are marked. It contains some pictures.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual cluster 1519 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Nacional at Rio de Janeiro. It is the most ancient manuscript of the New Testament, which is housed in the Latin America.