Minuscule 140 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 202 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] The codex has complex contents, with full marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 408 parchment leaves (partly on paper) (size).[2] The text is written in two columns per page, 22 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), which numbers are given at the margin of the text, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections – the last numbered section in 16:9), with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains the Eusebian Canon tables at the beginning and pictures.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.[4] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[5]
Textually it is close to minuscule 80.[3] In Luke 1:64 it has a textual variant that supports the Complutensian reading.[6]
The manuscript was given by the Queen of Cyprus to pope Innocent VII (1404-1406).[6]
It was examined by Birch (about 1782), Scholz, and Franz Delitzsch. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 1158), at Rome.[2]