Minuscule 231 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 1207 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 12th century.[2]
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 181 parchment leaves (size).[2] The leaves are arranged in quarto (four leaves in quire).[3] The text is written in one column per page, 29 lines per page.[2]
It contains the Eusebian tables, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, synaxaria, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, with numbers of Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[Stichometry|στιχοι]].[4]
There are some marginal glosses made by a later hand, and a Latin version of parts of Matthew (between lines of Greek text). The text of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) was marked by an obelus by a later hand.[5]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Kx. Aland placed it in Category V.[6]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[7]
The manuscript was described by Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer, who collated it about 1783 for Andreas Birch (Esc. 10).[5] It was briefly described by Emmanuel Miller in 1848.[3]
It is currently housed at the Escurial (Cod. Escurialensis, y. III. 6).[2]