Minuscule 176 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 301 (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 77 parchment leaves (size),[2] with two large lacunae (Matthew 1:1-10:13; John 2:1-21:25).[3] The text is written in two columns per page, in 38 lines per page (size of column 17.1 by 5 cm),[2] in dark-brown ink, the capital letters in colour.[4]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections, (no references to the Eusebian Canons).[4]
It contains and lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden included it to the textual family Kx. Aland did not place it in any Category.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 10. In Luke 1 and Luke 20 it has mixed text. It creates textual pair with minuscule 165, related to the group 22.[6]
This codex, along with codices 173, 174, 175, and 177, was brought from the Library of the Basilian monks.[3]
It was examined by Bianchini, Birch (about 1782), and Scholz. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[4]
It is currently housed at the Vatican Library (Vat. gr. 2113), at Rome.[2]