Minuscule 83


Minuscule 83, ε 1218, is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. It was adapted for liturgical use. It has marginalia.

Description

The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels, with a commentary, on 321 leaves. The text is written stichometrically in one column per page, 20-21 lines per page,
in beautiful letters.
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια, whose numbers are given at the margin, but there is no τιτλοι.
It contains prolegomena, lists of the κεφαλαια before every Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, αναγνωσεις, synaxaria, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and numbers of .

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1, 10, and 20.

History

Formerly the manuscript was held in Augsburg. It was examined by Bengel, Scholz, and Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.
It is currently housed in at the Bavarian State Library, at Munich.