Minuscule 23 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1183 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on vellum. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th-century.[2] [3] It has marginalia.
The codex contains a text of the four Gospels with some lacunae (Matthew 1:1-5.7-16; Luke 24:42-John 2:20; John 21:24.25), on 230 parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page.[4] The initial letters in gold and colour.[4]
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 smaller Ammonian Sections (no references to the Eusebian Canons).[4]
It contains lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and lectionary markings at the margin (for Church reading). It has the Latin Vulgate version down to Luke 4:18.[5]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Kx in Luke 10. In Luke 1 and Luke 20 (weak) it represents textual cluster Π1441.[7]
Verse John 21:25 is omitted.[4]
The manuscript probably was written in Italy.[4] It is dated by the INTF to the 11th-century.
It was partially examined and collated by Griesbach and Scholz (only 186 verses).[5] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[8] C. R. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[4]
It is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gr. 77) in Paris.