Minuscule 236 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 358 (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 marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels, on 256 parchment leaves (size), with some lacunae (John 9:29-fin.).[2] The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page.[2] Seven leaves are paper. It is beautifully written.
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, with some Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also a division according to the Ammonian Sections.
It contains Synaxarion, Menologion, Eusebian Canon tables, some lectionary markings at the margin, and tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel.[3]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[4]
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Π171 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[5]
According to Scrivener the manuscript was derived from codex 440.[6] The manuscript was purchased in 1889 in Athens by J. Bevan Braithwaite. After coming to England it was held in London. It was examined and collated by W. C. Braithwaite.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed in the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham (Braithwaite Greek MS 3).[2]