Minuscule 224 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1212 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2] It has marginalia.
The codex contains only the text of the Gospel of Matthew, on 97 parchment leaves (size).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 19 lines per page.[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, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.[3]
It contains the table of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (table of contents) before the Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical reading), synaxaria, Menologion, and subscriptions at the end of the Gospel.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5]
According to Gregory the manuscript was written in Calabria. In 1716 it was in Naples and belonged to Eusebius Caraccioli. It was examined by Treschow and Alter.[3] Alter used it in his edition of the Greek text of the New Testament.[6] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1887.[3]
Formerly it was held at the Imperial Library at Vienna (Suppl. Gr. 97).[3] It is currently housed at the Biblioteca Nazionale (Cod. Neapol. ex Vind. 10), at Naples.[2] [7]