Minuscule 353 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A210 (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 full marginalia.
The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 194 parchment leaves with some lacunae (Matthew 15:30-16:23; John 21:24.25). The text is written in one column per page, biblical text in 23 lines per page, text of commentary in 59 lines per page.[2] The biblical text is surrounded by the same catena as codex 181.[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, with references to the Eusebian Canons (later hand).[3]
It contains lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), and incipits.[3] [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 the Claremont Profile Method.[6]
The manuscript probably came from island Barginense.[3] The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[7] Scholz collated major part of the manuscript.[3] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1886.[3]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (B. 93 sup.) in Milan.[2]