Minuscule 185 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 410 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] It has complex contents, with full marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 341 parchment leaves (size).[2] The text is written in one column per page, in 21 lines per page (size of column 14.8 by 8.5 cm),[2] in black ink, the capital letters in red.[3]
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 (in Mark 241 Sections – the last in 16:20, though in subscriptions 236 Sections). There is no references to the Eusebian Canons.[3]
It contains Prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), incipits, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]], (not synaxaria).[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4] It is classified to the textual Family 1424.According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual cluster 1531.[5]
The manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 14th century.[2] It was written by one Basil.[6]
It was examined by Birch, Scholz, and Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at the Laurentian Library (Plutei. VI. 16), at Florence.[2]