| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Gospels |
|---|---|
| Date | 12th century |
| Script | Greek-Arabic |
| Now at | Biblioteca Marciana |
| Size | 29.5 cm by 23 cm |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | none |
| Note | marginalia |
Minuscule 211 (in theGregory-Aland numbering), ε 234 (Soden),[1] is aGreek-Arabic diglotminusculemanuscript of theNew Testament, on parchment.Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] The manuscript is lacunose. It hasmarginalia.
The codex contains the text of the fourGospels, on 280 parchment leaves (size 29.5 cm by 23 cm), in quarto (four leaves in quire), with twolacunae (Luke 1:1-2:32; John 1:1-4:2).[2] It is written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to theAmmonian Sections (in Mark 236 sections – with the last numbered section in 16:12), with references to theEusebian Canons (irregularly inserted).[3]
It contains the table of theκεφαλαια (table of contents) to Luke,synaxaria,Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers ofρηματα, and numbers ofστιχοι.[3][4]In additional material it hasLimits of the Five Patriarchates (like codices69 and543).[5]
The Greek text of the codex is a mixture of the text-types.Aland did not place it in anyCategory.[6]
According to theClaremont Profile Method it represents textualgroup Λ in Luke 10 and Luke 20. In Luke 1 the manuscript is defective.[7]
It contains the text of thePericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11).[8]
It was examined byBirch,[9]Burgon, andLake.C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at theBiblioteca Marciana (Fondo ant. 539), atVenice.[2]