Minuscule 214 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1401 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on paper. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 14th century.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 227 paper leaves (size).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page.[3]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin. There is no Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections (no references to the Eusebian Canons).[3]
It contains prolegomena, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents), before each Gospel, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: αναγνωσεις (lessons), lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical reading, synaxaria, Menologion, and subscriptions at the end of each Gospel (with numbers of verses).[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kr. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual family Kr in Luke 1. In Luke 10 and Luke 20 it belongs to Kx.[6]
It was examined by Birch and Burgon. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z 543), at Venice.[2]