Minuscule 449 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 330 (in the Soden numbering),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.[2]
The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels in two volumes on 317 (146 + 171) parchment leaves . The text is written in one column per page, in 23-24 lines per page.[2]
The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numerals 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 smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 233 Sections - the last in 16:8), with references to the Eusebian Canons.
It contains prolegomena, lists of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin (for liturgical use), Synaxarion, Menologion, subscriptions at the end of each Gospel, and pictures.[3] [4] It was clearly carefully written.[4]
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[5] According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual cluster 291 and creates textual pair with minuscule 2603 in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.[6]
The manuscripts was written by Gerasimus, a monk.[4] It once belonged together with the codex 44 to Caesar de Missy (1703–1775), French chaplain. It came to London in 1748.[3] It was the last manuscript added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794–1852).[7]
It was purchased for the British Museum in 1776. Scholz examined it only in Mark 5. C. R. Gregory saw it in 1883.[3]
It is currently housed at the British Library (Add MS 4950-4951) in London.[2]