Minuscule 209

Minuscule 209 ( in the Gregory- Aland numbering, δ α 457 and 1581 von Soden ), is a Greek Minuskelmanuskript of the New Testament on parchment. Using palaeography, it was dated, with the exception of the disclosure in the 14th century. The revelation was added to the Code in the 15th century.

Description

The Code contains the complete text of the New Testament on 411 parchment leaves ( 19.5 × 12 cm). He described one column with 27 lines per page.

In the Catholic Epistles of Euthalische Apparatus is included. The Apocalypse contains Prolegomena.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Caesarean text type in the Gospels and the Byzantine text-type in the remaining books of the New Testament. Aland placed it on the Gospels and the Revelation in category III. The remaining books belong to the category V.

The text of the Gospels is close to Minuscule 205 (or vice versa). However, they differ in the Acts and in the Epistles. The manuscript belongs to the family of texts f1.

History

The manuscript once belonged to Bessarion, who is on the Council of Florence in 1439 and brought with him the many remarks in writing.

It has been studied by Birch, Engelbreth, stain, Rinck, and Burgon.

It is currently kept at the Biblioteca Marciana ( Fondo ant. 10) in Venice.