Minuscule 445


Minuscule 445, ε 603, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1506.
It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 194 paper leaves. It is written in one column per page, in 24 lines per page.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, with their τιτλοι at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections. It has no references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains lectionary markings at the margin and incipits.

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 Claremont Profile Method.
The text of the and Pericope Adulterae are omitted.

History

According to the colophon the manuscript was written in 1506, by hand Antonii eparchi. It once belonged to the Jesuit's Colleague, in Augen, on the Garonne. It was sold to Edward Harley on 28 July 1725. After his death it was bought for British Museum in 1753.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz.
Scholz examined only Mark 5. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.
It is currently housed at the British Library.