Minuscule 215 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A134 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2] It has full marginalia.
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 272 parchment leaves (size), with a commentary.[2] The text is written in one column per page, 24 lines per page (biblical text).[3] The commentary on Matthew is by Chrysostomos, that on Mark, Victorinus of Pettau, Luke, Titus of Bostra, that on John is by Chrysostomos.[3]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their 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 237 sections, the last in 16:14), with references to the Eusebian Canons (written below Ammonian Section numbers).[3]
It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, the Eusebian tables, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin for liturgical use, synaxaria, and pictures (later hand).[3] It has the famous Jerusalem Colophon ("from the ancient manuscripts of Jerusalem").[4]
The manuscript is a duplicate of the codex 20 and 300, as well in its text as in the subscriptions and commentary, being without any later corrections seen in codex 20.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
It was not examined by using Claremont Profile Method.[6]
It was examined by Birch,[7] Burgon, and Riccoboni. C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886.[3]
It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (Gr. Z 544 (591)), at Venice.[2]