Minuscule 170 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 307 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 277 parchment leaves (size).[2] The text is written in one column per page, in 23 lines per page.[2] The text of Luke 16:7 and the most of John was written by a later hand from the 15th century.[3] [4]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) are given at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[4]
It contains prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel (occasionally inserted by later hand), lectionary equipment at the margin for liturgical use, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), and numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]] (occasionally by later hand).[3] The Synaxarion and Menologion were added by later hand.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
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 and Luke 20. In Luke 10 no profile was made. It belongs to subgroup 35.[6]
Currently the manuscript is dated to the 13th century.[2]
It was examined by Bianchini, Birch (about 1782), and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana (C. 61), at Rome.[2]